Insider Brief
- Sundial raised $23M, including a $16M Series A led by DJ Patil, to scale its AI-powered analytics platform that helps companies make faster, insight-driven decisions.
- Founded by ex-Meta leaders, Sundial unifies analytics tools into one platform, using agentic workflows and AI to deliver complex, automated analyses without requiring data science expertise.
- Already used by Fortune 500 firms and startups like OpenAI, Sundial will use the funding to grow its team and enhance its AI capabilities for broader adoption.
PRESS RELEASE — Sundial, the AI-powered analytics platform redefining how companies make decisions, announced it has raised a total of $23 million, including a recent $16 million Series A funding round led by GPV partner DJ Patil, the first-ever U.S. Chief Data Scientist and a pioneer in data science.
“Sundial is the only data company focused on reducing the time to quality decisions — not just serving up charts, but guiding action,” said DJ Patil, GPV Partner and Sundial board member. “This team pioneered the growth and data practices at Facebook; they took that expert know-how and combined it with cutting-edge AI to build something revolutionary.”
In a market crowded with fragmented analytics tools — dashboards, notebooks, data transformation pipelines — Sundial unifies these capabilities into one intuitive platform. By combining AI with expert analytical frameworks, Sundial helps anyone in an organization make smarter, faster decisions.
Julie Zhuo, co-founder and former VP of Design at Meta, said: “We built Sundial to democratize analytics so that anyone — from product to engineering to GTM to finance — can understand and act on critical data without needing a data science degree.”
Chandra Narayanan, co-founder and former Chief Analytics Officer at Sequoia Capital and Instagram, added: “Leaders don’t need more data — they need better insights. Using agentic workflows married with deep analytical expertise, we can deliver complex analyses that have never before been automated to help companies zero in on the biggest opportunities.”
Sundial has attracted funding from notable investors and firms including Sequoia Capital, Sunflower Capital, Slow Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Tribe Capital, Electric Capital, and prominent industry luminaries such as Fidji Simo, Tobi Lütke, Alex Schultz, Drew Houston, Amjad Masad, Shishir Mehrotra, Deb Liu, Howie Liu, Anil Varanasi, Ruchi Sanghvi, Brian Hale, Jay Parikh, and Javier Olivan.
Sundial’s analytics platform has already demonstrated significant value for Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing AI start-ups. David Sasaki, VP of Analytics and Insights at OpenAI said: “Sundial automated complex data engineering tasks that would have taken our small team months to build internally. We went from raw logging to comprehensive data visibility virtually overnight.”
With this investment, Sundial will expand its engineering and product teams, invest in core AI capabilities, and scale adoption among companies seeking faster, more actionable insights in an AI-first era.
To explore how Sundial can transform your company’s decision-making, visit: sundial.so.
About Sundial
Sundial delivers opinionated intelligence to guide leaders to better decisions. Founded by former Meta executives, Sundial empowers companies to uncover hidden growth opportunities and act with clarity.
