Ascend.io Launches AI-Powered Data Engineering Platform with Automated Workflow Agents
By
Sean Knapp
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Summary
Ascend.io is launching an AI-powered data engineering platform featuring 'Otto,' an AI agent that automates data workflow tasks like pipeline maintenance and incident triage. The platform aims to help data engineers and analytics engineers build data workflows faster by handling tedious operational tasks automatically, allowing teams to focus on higher-value work.
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Meet Otto, your data GOAT 🐐
Ascend is the first Agentic Data Engineering platform. Our AI agents automatically handle all the tedious stuff—pipeline maintenance, incident triage, and more—so your team can focus on what matters.
Build data workflows in minutes instead of weeks, then let our agents keep everything running smoothly.
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