# MAANA

> MAANA was a Palo Alto industrial software company whose Knowledge Platform connected siloed data with subject-matter expertise through a computational knowledge graph. It sold enterprise software to large industrial customers and was acquired by SparkCognition in 2021.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Babur Ozden (Co-founder and CEO), Donald Thompson (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Maana Knowledge Platform, WellLine, DocAssist, Meta-learning Service, Maana Q
- **Notable:** Selected as a 2018 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer., Built a WellLine demonstration using public records on more than 54,000 Gulf of Mexico wells., Acquired by SparkCognition in July 2021; transaction price was not disclosed.

## Products & services

- **Maana Knowledge Platform** — Enterprise platform built around a computational knowledge graph that links industrial data, business processes and domain expertise for decision applications.
- **WellLine** — Well-history application that connected drilling, production and intervention records into searchable timelines.
- **DocAssist** — Document extraction capability for technical papers, reports, PDFs and emails used in knowledge models.
- **Meta-learning Service** — Interpretable, user-guided automated machine-learning service that recorded model selection and tuning decisions in the knowledge graph.
- **Maana Q** — Knowledge Platform offer listed on Microsoft Marketplace for oil and gas decision applications from well to pump.

## Achievements

- Selected as a 2018 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
- Built a WellLine demonstration using public records on more than 54,000 Gulf of Mexico wells.
- Acquired by SparkCognition in July 2021; transaction price was not disclosed.
- Recognized as a 2017 Energy Innovation Pioneer by CERAWeek.

## Latest updates

- **2021-07** — SparkCognition announced its acquisition of MAANA, including its technology, team and industrial customers.
- **2022-01** — SparkCognition still described MAANA as part of its product portfolio in coverage of its Series D funding.

## Links

- Website: https://www.maana.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maana/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/maanaknowledge

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