Meta acquires Sundial, the AI data platform previously used by OpenAI, and the platform will cease its external services.

Beating AI News: Meta acquires AI data analytics firm Sundial, terms undisclosed. The company’s two founders, Julie Zhuo and Chandra Narayanan, are former Meta executives; Sundial had raised a total of $23 million in prior funding. Following the deal, the pair will return to Meta with their team, and Sundial will cease external operations. OpenAI previously used Sundial to analyze ChatGPT’s growth metrics. The tool supports natural language data queries and cleaning, and can automatically detect anomalies. For example, if conversion rates drop suddenly, the system can trace issues to specific countries, platforms, or user groups. Sundial noted that tasks that once took one to two days of manual analysis can now be completed in minutes. Meta appointed its first Chief Data Officer, Alex Schultz, in July this year, and has been rolling out Analytics Agent internally. Post-acquisition, Narayanan will lead the development of data analytics tools and Agents. Schultz also plans to enable AI to proactively identify issues, propose and run experiments, continuously monitor results, and adjust subsequent experiments based on feedback.