Foundational is a newly available data management platform designed to help organizations build, manage, and optimize data pipelines by integrating directly with git, allowing users to address data issues before code deployment. It recently secured $8 million in Seed funding, led by Viola Ventures and Gradient Ventures, with contributions from various industry leaders. The platform addresses the complexities of understanding downstream dependencies and confirming code changes' impacts on data, encompassing issues like privacy, performance, and cloud cost inflation. By analyzing source code through methods including static analysis and AI, Foundational has processed nearly 60,000 pull requests in SQL, Python, and Scala, assisting companies like Lemonade, Ramp, and Lightricks. The platform aims to empower data professionals to innovate and add business value with confidence.