Your data isn’t ready for AI with Prukalpa Sankar from Atlan

Finding order in chaotic datasets is key for companies to be able to implement AI solutions that actually work. This week’s guest is Prukalpa Sanka, the co-CEO and co-founder of Atlan (https://atlan.com/) , a platform designed to help data teams build trust, streamline workflows, and collaborate more effectively. Atlan emerged from the challenges of managing complex data projects and is now empowering organizations to scale their data operations while maintaining transparency and trust. In this episode they discuss how Atlan has maintained a fun company culture (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6rIB97cRo) despite the stress and how her and her co-founder have maintained a great working relationship for the past 12 years.  00:00 - Introduction 02:31 - Founding story and early challenges 06:19 - Overcoming high-stakes data issues 08:45 - The evolution of data and AI 13:31 - Building a product to solve key problems 16:13 - Adapting to technological change 19:21 - The growing role of AI in business 21:05 - Preparing data for AI integration 24:27 - Addressing bias and ethics in AI 26:52 - Fundraising and fun marketing 31:34 - Maintaining a strong co-founder relationship 33:47 - Final thoughts and reflections Found posts every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1624500693) , Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7gaqQOeUbC6hfMkVA5fih3?si=9aa4bf8b73bf4a8c) or wherever you listen to podcasts (https://pod.link/techcrunchpodcast) to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcast: Equity (https://pod.link/equity) . Subscribe to Found (https://pod.link/found) to hear more stories from founders each   Connect with us: • On Twitter (https://twitter.com/found) • On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/foundpod/) • Via email: found@techcrunch.com