Data lineage is a crucial aspect of data management, often facing challenges with accuracy, coverage, and maintenance. Foundational addresses these challenges by analyzing all code impacting data before it is merged into production, covering not just SQL pipelines but also data manipulation in various languages like Spark, Python, and Ruby. To enhance their approach, Foundational has partnered with Julien Le Dem, creator of OpenLineage, as an advisor, marking a significant step in establishing their expertise in data lineage. This collaboration aims to tackle the difficulties faced by organizations, particularly larger ones, as data environments rapidly evolve into multi-platform and multi-cloud systems with legacy code. By joining forces with OpenLineage, Foundational seeks to contribute to the industry's open-source standard for data lineage exchange and improve solutions across the ecosystem.