Ascend.io today officially launched Agentic Data Engineering, a comprehensive platform designed to help data teams accelerate workflows, reduce operational complexity, and focus on high-impact tasks. By integrating AI-powered ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability into a single environment, the platform eliminates friction caused by fragmented tools traditionally slowing down data engineering.
Solving Data Engineering Complexity with AI
Many data teams struggle with disconnected systems managing ingestion, cleansing, and scheduling separately, often creating operational bottlenecks. Ascend.io’s platform overcomes this challenge by uniting all stages of the data lifecycle into one AI-native system. This integration enables automated management of time-consuming operational tasks, freeing engineers to focus on innovation.
Sean Knapp, Founder and CEO of Ascend.io, explains, “Every data team we talk to is buried under operational burden. Our AI understands the full data pipeline context — from code changes to anomalies — enabling Data Engineering Agents to act autonomously and reduce manual toil.”
The Power of the Intelligence Core and AI Agents
At the core of Agentic Data Engineering is the Intelligence Core, a technology that continuously captures and analyzes metadata across the platform. This fuels AI agents that monitor pipeline health, detect anomalies, recommend improvements, and automatically summarize code changes, making data workflows smarter and more reliable.
Proven Impact on Productivity and Cost Efficiency
Customers report remarkable improvements with the platform, including project timelines accelerated by up to 7x and cost savings of as much as 83%. These gains stem from drastically reduced manual overhead in debugging, documentation, and monitoring, thanks to AI-driven insights and automation.
Unlike add-on AI tools, Ascend.io embeds intelligence from the ground up, enabling the platform to proactively suggest fixes and optimizations in real time.
Industry Adoption and Use Cases
Ascend.io’s Agentic Data Engineering platform is already adopted by industry leaders in retail, healthcare, media, and financial services, including Mattel, News Corp, and UnitedHealth Group. These organizations rely on the platform to deliver faster, more reliable data pipelines that power critical business decisions.
By launching Agentic Data Engineering, Ascend.io is transforming how data teams operate—offering an AI-native, unified platform that reduces complexity, boosts productivity, and cuts costs. This innovation empowers organizations to unlock the full value of their data, faster and smarter.
