Foundational, co-founded by CEO Alon Nafta, takes a code-first approach to data quality and governance. Instead of only watching pipelines at runtime, its platform automatically maps and analyzes the code that data teams write, identifying potential issues, suggesting fixes, and building precise data lineage, including a new code-based approach to Spark lineage that addresses limitations of runtime-based tools. By catching breaking changes before they ship, Foundational helps organizations deliver high-quality, trustworthy data as a foundation for analytics and AI applications. The company emerged from roughly 18 months of stealth with $8M in seed funding led by Viola Ventures and Gradient Ventures (Google's AI-focused fund), with participation from Asymmetric Venture Partners and executives from Datadog, Intuit, Meta, and Wiz. Early customers include public companies such as Ramp and Lemonade.