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Built by data engineers. Trusted by data teams everywhere.

Ship data products faster with a unified data engineering platform

Ascend combines a metadata foundation, event-driven automation, and AI agents to help you build pipelines and keep them healthy. Ship faster, deploy safer, and respond to changes with full context, without living in logs.

Use SQL or Python in one workspace with version control.
Unified metadata across ingest, transforms, orchestration, and observability
Event-driven automation for smarter triggering, retries, and backfills
Context-aware alerting that tells you what broke and why, not just that something broke.
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Ascend's Intelligence Core
AI Agents
Otto generates code, writes tests, and suggests fixes with full visibility into your lineage, dependencies, and cost.
Unified Metadata Collection
One source of truth for data, code, and pipeline state. No fragmented metadata across five different tools.
DataAware Automation Engine
Event-driven orchestration that watches for actualdata changes. No schedules. No wasted runs.
How Ascend Helps:‍The TL;DR

The AI Data Engineering Platform (That Actually Understands Your Stack)

Build
Build Data
Pipelines at Scale

A code-first IDE with AI at its core. Write SQL or Python, connect to any source, and push to production with full version control.

Write code your way
Use SQL or Python in one workspace with version control.
Connect any data source
Integrate lakes, warehouses, APIs, and legacy systems.
AI-assisted development
Generate pipeline logic, suggestions, and transformations instantly.
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Automate
Pipelines that build, run,and fix themselves

Ascend's DataAware engine replaces brittle cron jobs and hand-coded DAGs with intelligent, event-driven orchestration. Pipelines adapt as your data changes. No manual rewiring required.

Dynamic pipeline execution
Pipelines adapt automatically as data and dependencies change.
AI agents for operations
Handle monitoring, incident response, and workflow updates.
Built-in testing & deployment
Validate changes early and ship with confidence
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Observe
Full visibility without
the setup

Observability is built into every layer of Ascend. No plugins, no config, no separate tools. From lineage to anomaly detection to AI-powered debugging, everything is visible from the moment your first pipeline runs.

End-to-end lineage
Track data flow from source to downstream consumption.
Continuous data validation
Detect anomalies and schema changes before they impact users.
AI-powered debugging
Get contextual insights to resolve pipeline issues faster.
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Optimize
Do more with less

Ascend's Intelligence Core tracks every table, column, cost signal, and execution pattern across your pipelines. The result: smarter processing, lower warehouse bills, and a team that ships instead of  firefights.

Incremental processing
Process only what changed to lower compute spend.
Automated performance tuning
Optimize execution across dependencies and workloads.
Unified data platform
Replace fragmented tools with one scalable system.
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How teams make the most of Ascend
Data Engineer
Data Leader
Data Architects
Data Analysts
Build Pipelines 10x Faster
Deploy, orchestrate, and maintain data pipelines with AI agents. Spend time building, not debugging.
AI Pipeline BuilderDescribe what you need in natural language — agents build the pipeline
Automated TestingAuto-generated data quality checks and regression tests
Self-Healing WorkflowsAgents detect failures and auto-remediate
Code-First ApproachFull Git integration with version control and CI/CD built in
Multi-Cloud OrchestrationSeamlessly move data across Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and more
Intelligent SchedulingDependency-aware orchestration that optimizes execution
Multiply Team Productivity
Deliver data 10x faster at 83% of the cost of traditional tools. Give your team the leverage to focus on strategic initiatives, not pipeline maintenance.
Reduce Tool Sprawl Consolidate your data stack and eliminate redundant tooling costs
Performance Insights Real-time dashboards track pipeline health, cost, and team velocity
Team Scalability Onboard new team members in hours, not weeks, with agentic assistance
Enterprise Governance
Built-in compliance, audit trails, and role-based access controls
Agentic Adoption Drive safe and effective AI adoption for your team
Intelligent Optimization Ascend's DataAware automation intelligently eliminates unnecessary reprocessing
Governance Meets Autonomy
Control agentic behavior with intelligent guardrails while empowering teams to move fast. Define the rules, and let AI enforce them at scale.
Safety BoundariesDefine guardrails that agents respect — no unauthorized changes
Decision AuditingFull visibility into every agent decision
Data StandardsEnforce naming conventions, schemas, and quality rules automatically
Policy as CodeVersion-controlled governance policies that evolve with your org
DataOps Best Practices
Deploy data pipelines with CI/CD and GitOps workflows
Access Control
Fine-grained RBAC with environment-level isolation
From Questions to Insights, Instantly
Generate insights, visualizations, and reports using natural language. No code required — just ask and get answers from your data in seconds.
Natural Language QueriesConsolidate your data stack and eliminate redundant tooling costs
Auto-Generated visualizationsReal-time dashboards track pipeline health, cost, and team velocity
Instant Exports
One-click export or links to share directly with stakeholders
Smart SuggestionsAI recommends follow-up queries and deeper analyses automatically
Agentic AnalyticsGo beyond visualizations to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
Proactive AlertsGet notified of anomalies and trends before they become problems
Data Engineering
Build Pipelines 10x Faster
Deploy, orchestrate, and maintain data pipelines with AI agents. Spend time building, not debugging.
AI Pipeline BuilderDescribe what you need in natural language — agents build the pipeline
Automated TestingAuto-generated data quality checks and regression tests
Self-Healing WorkflowsAgents detect failures and auto-remediate
Code-First ApproachFull Git integration with version control and CI/CD built in
Multi-Cloud OrchestrationSeamlessly move data across Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and more
Intelligent SchedulingDependency-aware orchestration that optimizes execution
Data Leader
Multiply Team Productivity
Deliver data 10x faster at 83% of the cost of traditional tools. Give your team the leverage to focus on strategic initiatives, not pipeline maintenance.
Reduce Tool Sprawl Consolidate your data stack and eliminate redundant tooling costs
Performance Insights Real-time dashboards track pipeline health, cost, and team velocity
Team Scalability Onboard new team members in hours, not weeks, with agentic assistance
Enterprise Governance
Built-in compliance, audit trails, and role-based access controls
Agentic Adoption Drive safe and effective AI adoption for your team
Intelligent Optimization Ascend's DataAware automation intelligently eliminates unnecessary reprocessing
Data Architects
Governance Meets Autonomy
Control agentic behavior with intelligent guardrails while empowering teams to move fast. Define the rules, and let AI enforce them at scale.
Safety BoundariesDefine guardrails that agents respect — no unauthorized changes
Decision AuditingFull visibility into every agent decision
Data StandardsEnforce naming conventions, schemas, and quality rules automatically
Policy as CodeVersion-controlled governance policies that evolve with your org
DataOps Best Practices
Deploy data pipelines with CI/CD and GitOps workflows
Access Control
Fine-grained RBAC with environment-level isolation
Data Analysts
From Questions to Insights, Instantly
Generate insights, visualizations, and reports using natural language. No code required — just ask and get answers from your data in seconds.
Natural Language QueriesConsolidate your data stack and eliminate redundant tooling costs
Auto-Generated visualizationsReal-time dashboards track pipeline health, cost, and team velocity
Instant Exports
One-click export or links to share directly with stakeholders
Smart SuggestionsAI recommends follow-up queries and deeper analyses automatically
Agentic AnalyticsGo beyond visualizations to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
Proactive AlertsGet notified of anomalies and trends before they become problems
Trusted bydata leaders everywhere
7X
Boost in team productivity
"I can’t even fathom going back to Fivetran and dbt, where they're only doing a fraction of what you need."
Shaheen Essabhoy
Senior Data Lead
83%
Reduction in processing costs
"What I just did in an hour would have taken me weeks previously."
William Knighting
Analytics Platform Lead
"The highlight of my week is getting to build in Ascend"
William Knighting
Analytics Platform Lead

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Build pipelines 7x faster with AI that understands your data.
Cut warehouse costs by up to 83% with delta-only processing.
Replace Fivetran, dbt, Airflow, and your monitoring stack.
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