# Collate

> Collate is the company behind OpenMetadata, the fast-growing open source project for unified data discovery, observability, and governance. Founded by Apache open source veterans Suresh Srinivas and Sriharsha Chintalapani, Collate layers AI agents, automation, and enterprise support on top of an open metadata 'context layer' so data teams - and the AI models they feed - can find, understand, trust, and govern their data. The company raised a $10M Series A led by Venrock in July 2025.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, California, United States
- **Founders:** Suresh Srinivas (Co-Founder & CEO), Sriharsha Chintalapani (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~75 employees
- **Products:** OpenMetadata, Collate Platform (Collate Cloud), AI Agents & Automation, Open Context Layer / MCP integration
- **Notable:** Creators and maintainers of OpenMetadata, one of the fastest-growing open source metadata projects (~9,800+ community members, ~3,000% growth)., Raised $10M Series A led by Venrock in July 2025., Grew ARR more than 350% year over year.

## Products & services

- **OpenMetadata** — Open source project for unified data discovery, observability, and governance - a centralized metadata store with data catalog, lineage, quality, and collaboration.
- **Collate Platform (Collate Cloud)** — Managed, enterprise-grade platform built on OpenMetadata, adding AI automation, conversational AI, autonomous agents, security, and commercial support.
- **AI Agents & Automation** — Conversational AI and autonomous agents that automate data documentation, classification, governance, quality tests, and answer questions grounded in business context.
- **Open Context Layer / MCP integration** — A semantic context graph that grounds any LLM in governed business meaning via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

## Achievements

- Creators and maintainers of OpenMetadata, one of the fastest-growing open source metadata projects (~9,800+ community members, ~3,000% growth).
- Raised $10M Series A led by Venrock in July 2025.
- Grew ARR more than 350% year over year.
- Received a $10,000 grant from the Bloomberg FOSS Contributor Fund.
- Founding team helped create Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Apache Storm, and Uber's DataBook.
- Joined the Linux Foundation to steward open metadata standards.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Collate raised a $10M Series A led by Venrock, with Unusual Ventures and Karman Ventures participating; Venrock's Ganesh Srinivasan joined the board.
- **2025-07** — Announced a roadmap toward agentic data intelligence - conversational AI and autonomous agents grounded in an open context layer.
- **2025-01** — OpenMetadata recognized with a $10,000 Bloomberg FOSS Contributor Fund grant.
- **2025-01** — Collate joined the Linux Foundation to advance open metadata standards for AI and data.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getcollate.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collateinc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/collatedata
- GitHub: https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CollateData

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Last updated: 2026-07-13