Deliver trusted data from
code to production

Easily change dbt
Without breaking Looker

Identify and prevent data quality failures at build time and during runtime with automated checks that keep data accurate, fresh, and consistent.

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Build time validation keeps data trustworthy

Quality checks run automatically in every pull request so code changes meet your standards before they reach production.

Change detected

When a developer updates a table, model, or transformation, checks execute instantly.

Automated quality tests run

Rules, thresholds, schema checks, and anomaly detection evaluate the impact of the change.

Results posted to the pull request

Issues appear directly in the PR with clear guidance on what to fix and why.

Data remains reliable as systems change

Quality validation happens automatically in your workflow so issues are caught early and resolved before users feel the impact.

Build time quality checks

Validate changes in every pull request to ensure code meets standards before release.

Automated testing

Run schema checks, rule based validation, and anomaly detection as part of the development cycle.

Quality metrics and monitoring

Track SLAs, visualize quality trends, and surface recurring issues automatically.

Contract enforcement

Use data contracts to standardize expectations across pipelines and teams.

Reliable data that protects every downstream workflow

Catch schema changes early, surface defects before they ship, guide new engineers, and keep trust high across analytics and AI.

Prevent broken dashboards

Stop column changes, null shifts, or type mismatches from breaking downstream analytics.

Reduce quality incidents

Find issues earlier in the development process before they become production defects.

Accelerate onboarding

Give new engineers confidence by surfacing quality expectations directly in PRs.

Improve trust across teams

Ensure data entering dashboards and models meets known standards every time.

“Foundational gave us instant clarity on our data. With column-level lineage, we stopped wasting hours chasing data lineage and started fixing issues before they became problems.”
Eyal El-Bahar, VP of BI and Analytics
"A data change can impact things your team may be unaware of, leading folks to draw potentially flawed conclusions about growth initiatives. We needed a tool to give us end-to-end visibility into every modification.”
Iñigo Hernandez, Engineering Manager
“With Foundational, our team has a secure automated code review and validation process that assures data quality. That’s priceless.”
Omer Biber, Head of Business Intelligence
“Foundational has been instrumental in helping us minimize redundancy and improve data visibility, enabling faster migrations and smoother collaboration across teams.”
Qun Wei, VP Data Analytics
“Foundational helps our teams release faster and with confidence. We see issues before they happen.”
Analytics Engineering Lead

Catch data quality issues before they reach production.

Give every team the confidence that their data is accurate, fresh, and reliable with automated checks that run continuously.

We’re creating something new

Foundational is a new way of building and managing data:
We make it easy for everyone in the organization to understand, communicate, and create code for data.

How does data quality validation work at build time?

Foundational detects changes to tables, models, or logic, then runs quality checks automatically in the pull request. Schema rules, business logic, and thresholds are evaluated before merge so invalid updates never reach production.

What types of schema issues can the system detect?

Schema checks identify missing fields, renamed fields, modified types, or structural changes that could break downstream pipelines or dashboards. These checks adapt to your warehouse or transformation layer.

How does data quality integrate with existing development workflows?

Foundational quality checks run automatically in GitHub, GitLab, and major CI and CD platforms. Engineers get immediate feedback inside the tools they already use, with no separate interface to learn or manage.

Does data quality validation require access to raw data?

No. Validation relies on metadata, schema definitions, rule configurations, and expected value patterns. No raw data is stored or accessed, making the approach secure and compliant.

What does the setup look like?

Foundational can be set up in less than an hour, by authenticating us to the relevant GitHub repositories and to any BI tools. No code changes or integration work are needed.

Govern data and AI at the source code