Press Release • November 13, 2025
Alation Honors 2025 Data Radicals Award Winners at revAlation
Data and AI leaders from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Daimler Truck North America, and Marks & Spencer are recognized for excellence in data-driven innovation
Redwood City, Calif - Nov. 13, 2025 - Alation Inc., the data intelligence company, today announced the winners of the 2025 Data Radicals Awards, presented at revAlation London, the company’s global conference series. This year’s honorees, leaders from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), and Marks & Spencer, were recognized for their visionary use of data and AI to drive measurable business outcomes and solve complex problems within their organizations.
The Data Radicals Award, named after Alation’s acclaimed podcast, recognizes individuals and organizations that are redefining what’s possible with data and AI. The award celebrates those who are transforming their enterprises and defining the future of data and AI through innovation and informed decision-making.
“The Data Radicals Award celebrates trailblazers who are transforming their organizations and doing groundbreaking work with data and AI,” said Satyen Sangani, CEO and co-founder of Alation. “It’s an honor to work with leaders who see the potential of AI and move quickly, thoughtfully, and boldly to realize it. The successes of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Daimler Truck North America, and Marks & Spencer show how Alation can help unlock new possibilities, speed up insights, and change the way businesses run.”
This year’s winners exemplify how organizations can leverage Alation to solve complex challenges, enhance operational efficiency, and enable teams across functions to make trusted, data-driven decisions. By using metadata as the foundation of their data and AI strategies, these trailblazers are making AI more trusted, accurate, and reliable—accelerating meaningful change across their enterprises.
Previous recipients of the Data Radicals Award include: Aware Super, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Sainsbury’s, all of whom continue to set benchmarks for excellence and impact.
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About Alation
Alation delivers an agentic knowledge layer that enables enterprises to achieve business outcomes and grow their most critical asset, knowledge. Global enterprises, including hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies, and organizations like AbbVie, American Family, Cisco, Finnair, Nasdaq, and Sallie Mae partner with Alation to realize hard ROI and business outcomes from data and AI. Alation led the creation of the data catalog market, was named a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and has been named a five-time leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrants. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Alation has been recognized five times by Inc. Magazine as one of the Best Workplaces. To learn more, visit https://www.alation.com.