Astronomer, a data engineering platform founded in Cincinnati in 2015, has secured $3.5 million in financing led by Wireframe Ventures and CincyTech, among others, to enhance its product and expand sales efforts. The platform aims to streamline the often labor-intensive process of data collection and preparation by offering automated solutions through reusable connectors and pipelines, allowing businesses to focus more on extracting insights rather than data preparation. This approach addresses a significant challenge faced by companies, where data science teams can spend up to 80% of their time on data preparation, thereby enabling organizations from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 enterprises to better leverage data for driving business performance. Astronomer’s clientele includes notable companies like P&G and Everything But The House, with the platform promising reduced inefficiencies and greater focus on realizing untapped revenue potential.