Press Release
Chicago, IL – Nousot, a leading provider of AI-driven data solutions, and Atlan, a pioneering active metadata management platform, are excited to announce a partnership to supercharge data governance with Databricks and Unity Catalog, Databricks’ unified and open governance solution for data and AI. This collaboration empowers enterprises to unlock the full potential of their data by streamlining governance and improving discoverability.
As organizations increasingly rely on Databricks for modern data engineering, analytics, and AI, the need for enhanced discoverability and metadata management continues to grow. Working with Unity Catalog, Atlan provides a unified data and AI control plane that connects to the entire data stack, including Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform, enabling organizations to leverage their data efficiently, build trust in data and AI use cases, and automate compliance workflows.
How Atlan and Databricks Work Together
Atlan’s deep integration with Databricks brings additional role-specific data governance and collaboration capabilities to the Databricks ecosystem. The integration of Databricks Unity Catalog with Atlan provides a data management source of record for the Business User (Data Consumer, Owner, Steward) with Atlan and the Technical User (Architect, Custodian, Data Scientist) with Unity Catalog. When integrated together, the combined enterprise governance platform provides powerful, integrated capabilities.
Through this partnership, customers can:
- Enable Active Metadata Management – Leverage Atlan’s automated lineage tracking and context-rich metadata to provide end-to-end visibility & automated alerts.
- Boost Collaboration – Establish a unified and personalized workspace for data teams and business teams to discover, trust, and collaborate on Databricks assets.
- Ensure Compliance & Governance – Implement robust access controls and connect policies to Databricks assets to demonstrate compliance and auto-detect incidents.
Atlan + Databricks + Nousot: A Power Play for Customers
With Nousot’s expertise in AI-driven analytics and business-driven outcomes, this three-way synergy creates a powerful solution for enterprises seeking to scale data initiatives efficiently. Together, Atlan, Databricks, and Nousot empower organizations to:
- Accelerate Time to Insights – Streamline data workflows and enhance operational efficiency through seamless metadata management.
- Optimize AI & ML Initiatives – Ensure governed and high-quality data pipelines for AI-driven decision-making.
- Improve Data Democratization – Enable business users and technical teams to confidently access and utilize data assets in a governed environment.
“As demand for data intelligence increases, trusted data is critical to helping enterprise organizations optimize their AI initiatives,” said Jason McIntyre, Regional Vice President at Databricks. “Our partnership will leverage the joint benefits of Atlan, Nousot and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to provide our customers with the governance and collaboration capabilities they need to power data-driven decision-making”.
This partnership underscores the shared commitment of Nousot, Atlan, and Databricks to helping organizations achieve data excellence through a combination of governance, collaboration, and AI-driven insights.
Carla Domingues, Partner Sales Manager Lead at Atlan, spoke of the new collaboration: “Atlan was designed to help data teams work together seamlessly, and our partnership with Nousot strengthens our ability to deliver on that mission. Together, we’re bringing governance, trust, and collaboration to the Databricks ecosystem, ensuring that data teams can move faster while maintaining control over their data.”
The collaboration is already kicking off strong, led by Carla, and Eric Falthzik, Data Governance Leader at Nousot.
“By combining Atlan’s governance and collaboration capabilities with Databricks’ powerful data platform and Nousot’s industry expertise, we’re enabling organizations to unlock the true value of their data with speed and confidence,” concluded Eric Falthzik, Data Governance Leader at Nousot.
ABOUT NOUSOT
Nousot is a boutique consultancy focused exclusively in providing end-to-end, leading-edge analytics, AI, and modernization solutions. We are involved at every stage of the journey, from planning and prioritization through modernization and engineering, to enabling and governing AI and analytics assets and processes. As lifelong AI and analytics experts, Nousot focuses on delivering tangible, business-driven outcomes and accelerating time to value by leveraging proprietary GenAI accelerators, saving time and cost. As a Databricks consulting partner, we have a rapidly expanding number of certified professionals, Databricks Champions, Brickbuilder solutions, and a passion for ensuring our clients maximize their ROI from the platform.
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ABOUT ATLAN
Atlan is the next-generation platform for data and AI governance. It is a control plane that stitches together a business’s disparate data infrastructure, cataloging data and enriching it with business context and security. Data practitioners spend 30-50% of their time finding and understanding data; Atlan’s platform cuts that time by 95% and sets a new standard for modern data governance and AI readiness. With Atlan, data and business teams can easily find, trust, and govern AI-ready data. Backed by top investors including GIC, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital India, and Salesforce Ventures, Atlan features deep integrations across the modern data stack and is trusted by the likes of Cisco, Autodesk, Unilever, Ralph Lauren, FOX, News Corp, Nasdaq, NextGen, Plaid, and HubSpot to enable major AI and data democratization initiatives. To learn more about Atlan, please visit our website and follow us on X (@AtlanHQ) and LinkedIn.
* This content was originally published on Nousot.com. Nousot and Lovelytics merged in April 2025.
