Episode 76: Modern Data Collaboration and Social Entrepreneurship with Prukalpa Sankar
Datacast - A podcast by James Le
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Prukalpa Sankar is the Co-founder of Atlan. Atlan is a modern data collaboration workspace (like Github for engineering or Figma for design). By acting as a virtual hub for data assets ranging from tables and dashboards to models & code, Atlan enables teams to create a single source of truth for all their data assets and collaborate across the modern data stack through deep integrations with tools like Slack, BI tools, data science tools and more. As a pioneer in the space, Atlan was recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in DataOps, as one of the top 3 companies globally. Prukalpa previously co-founded SocialCops, a world-leading data-for-good company recognized as a New York Times Global Visionary and a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer. SocialCops is behind landmark data projects, including India’s National Data Platform and SDGs global monitoring in collaboration with the United Nations. Prukalpa was awarded the Economic Times Emerging Entrepreneur for the Year and recognized in multiple lists such as Forbes 30u30, Fortune 40u40, and Top 10 CNBC Young Business Women 2016.