Atlan is building a bridge to bring AI pilots to real world

As companies rush to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), data collaboration startup Atlan is positioning its platform as a bridge that helps enterprises take AI from pilot projects to full-scale deployment.

The opportunity is big, noted Atlan cofounder Prukalpa Sankar, winner of the ET Startup Awards 2025 Woman Ahead category, citing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report that found 95% of generative AI projects fail at the pilot stage and never reach production .

“The challenge lies in what we call the AI context gap,” she…