Meta Acquires AI Data Analytics Platform Sundial, Turning Data Analysis into a "Chat"
Meta has acquired Sundial, an AI data analytics platform founded by two former Meta employees. Its core capability is enabling enterprises to ask complex data questions in natural language through a chatbot plugin and quickly obtain actionable analytical conclusions. Sundial co-founder Chandra Narayanan will lead Meta's data analytics tools and agent-related work. In July of this year, Meta appointed Alex Schultz as its first Chief Data Officer and established the DATA department.
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Zuckerberg's New AI Landscape: Buying Sundial Makes Data Analysis as Simple as "Chatting"
2026-10-24 08:08 IT Home - Guyuan
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IT Home, October 24 news: Tech media outlet axios published a blog post yesterday (October 23) reporting that Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms has acquired the AI data analysis platform Sundial, which was founded by two former Meta employees.
Notably, both of Sundial's co-founders are Meta (formerly Facebook) veterans: CEO Julie Zhuo previously served as Meta's Vice President of Product Design, while Chandra Narayanan previously served as head of data analysis at Instagram and Sequoia Capital.
Sundial's core capability is enabling enterprises to ask questions of complex data in natural language through a chatbot plugin and quickly obtain actionable analytical conclusions. For business teams, there is no need to wait for support from a centralized data department over the long term; they can complete data insights on their own, thereby accelerating product iteration, operational decisions, and AI system monitoring.
In recent years, Meta has continued to ramp up its data and AI infrastructure. In July of this year, the company appointed former marketing head Alex Schultz as its first Chief Data Officer and formed a new department called "Data Analytics Tooling & Agents" (DATA), responsible for descriptive analysis, experimental testing, AI product improvement, and monitoring of key AI systems.
Schultz said that after Sundial is integrated, Narayanan will be responsible for work related to data analysis tools and AI agents. He said on LinkedIn: "AI has actually brought about an almost unlimited demand for insights, and we want to define the future of AI analysis." IT Home attaches the relevant screenshot below: