# DataHub

> DataHub is the company commercializing the open-source metadata platform born at LinkedIn. Its free Core product maps data, ownership, quality and lineage; DataHub Cloud adds managed infrastructure, enterprise governance, observability and AI-assisted workflows. The bet is that a catalog should no longer be a passive inventory but the continuously refreshed context layer used by people and AI agents.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Swaroop Jagadish (Co-founder and CEO), Shirshanka Das (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** DataHub Core, DataHub Cloud, Ask DataHub, Hosted MCP Server, Context Platform
- **Notable:** Rebuilt LinkedIn’s earlier WhereHows system into a generalized, push-based metadata platform and was open-sourced in 2020., Reached 3,000+ adopting organizations, 16,000+ community members and 3 million+ monthly PyPI downloads by 2026, according to the company., The main GitHub repository passed 12,000 stars in 2026.

## Products & services

- **DataHub Core** — Apache-2.0 open-source metadata platform for cataloging, search, discovery, lineage, governance, profiling, contracts and collaborative metadata management; teams self-host it.
- **DataHub Cloud** — Managed enterprise SaaS built on the same metadata model, with managed operations, enterprise security, AI-assisted discovery, data quality, observability and governance automation.
- **Ask DataHub** — Conversational interface for finding data, understanding lineage, creating SQL and changing metadata, available in DataHub and Slack with plugin connections to external tools.
- **Hosted MCP Server** — Managed Model Context Protocol endpoint that exposes governed enterprise metadata to tools such as Claude Desktop, Cursor and Windsurf.
- **Context Platform** — Public-beta layer that extracts business meaning from technical metadata and query history, routes generated context for expert review and serves validated context to analytics agents.
- **DataHub Agents** — Private-beta tools for building assistants that answer questions and automate documentation, governance and discovery workflows with human review points.

## Achievements

- Rebuilt LinkedIn’s earlier WhereHows system into a generalized, push-based metadata platform and was open-sourced in 2020.
- Reached 3,000+ adopting organizations, 16,000+ community members and 3 million+ monthly PyPI downloads by 2026, according to the company.
- The main GitHub repository passed 12,000 stars in 2026.
- DPG Media reported a 25% reduction in monthly Snowflake costs after identifying unused and duplicate tables with DataHub Cloud.
- Foursquare reported reducing data discovery and access from days to minutes.
- Raised $65 million in disclosed funding through its Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — DataHub Cloud v2.2 moved the Context Platform into public beta for all Cloud customers and introduced private-beta custom agents, an Ontology Explorer and a Data Product Marketplace.
- **2026-05** — DataHub announced its Context Platform for analytics agents, including automated context extraction, expert validation and agent delivery through MCP.
- **2026-01** — DataHub Cloud v0.3.16 brought Ask DataHub into the core interface and added AI-assisted ingestion setup and troubleshooting.
- **2025-07** — Ask DataHub in Slack entered public beta and the company added customizable catalog home pages and access workflows.
- **2025-05** — The company raised a $35 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing disclosed funding to $65 million.

## Links

- Website: https://datahub.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datahub-cloud/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DataHubCloud
- GitHub: https://github.com/datahub-project
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DataHubCloud

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Last updated: 2026-09-24