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Shirshanka Das

Founder

Co-founder at DataHub · Founder at Acryl Data

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAcryl DataDataHub

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About

Shirshanka Das is the co-founder and CTO of DataHub, an open-source metadata platform he developed to address challenges in managing data at scale. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA and spent 10 years at LinkedIn as lead engineer and technical architect for its data platform, overseeing data and metadata management projects with a team of 150 developers, following earlier roles at PayPal and Yahoo. In 2021, he co-founded Acryl Data with Swaroop Jagadish to offer an enterprise version of DataHub; the company has raised over $30 million and serves clients including PayPal, Notion, and Zendesk.

Co-founder at DataHub

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DataHub's investors · 7

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checks · since 2023Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2025Next Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksSINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M checksWebb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksZero Prime VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at DataHub

SJSwaroop Jagadish
Swaroop JagadishCo-founder
JJJohn Joyce
John JoyceFounder

Founder at Acryl Data

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Acryl Data's investors · 5

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checks · since 2023Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2023Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksSherpalo VenturesMenlo Park

Experience

  1. DataHubCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2023 — present
  2. DataHubCEO and Co-Founder2021 — 2023
  3. The Apache Software FoundationCommitter and PPMC Member, Apache Gobblin (Incubating)current2017 — present
  4. LinkedInPrincipal Staff Software Engineer2016 — 2021
  5. LinkedInSenior Staff Software Engineer2013 — 2016
  6. LinkedInStaff Software Engineer2010 — 2013
  7. Yahoo!Principal Technical Yahoo!2008 — 2010
  8. PayPalApplication Architect2006 — 2008
  9. PayPalSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2006

Skills & more

Distributed Systems99Online Advertising1Architecture24Computer Science9Scalability61Agile Methodologies3System Architecture6Algorithms4Object Oriented Design3Architectures4Software Engineering17Gobblin3
+9 moreC++RESTPerlPythonJavaDatabasesMySQLLinuxHadoop

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Shirshanka Das?
Shirshanka Das is the co-founder and CTO of DataHub, an open-source metadata platform he developed to address challenges in managing data at scale. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA and spent 10 years at LinkedIn as lead engineer and technical architect for its data platform, overseeing data and metadata management projects with a team of 150 developers, following earlier roles at PayPal and Yahoo. In 2021, he co-founded Acryl Data with Swaroop Jagadish to offer an enterprise version of DataHub; the company has raised over $30 million and serves clients including PayPal, Notion, and Zendesk.
Where does Shirshanka Das work?
Shirshanka Das is Founder of Acryl Data and Co-founder at DataHub.
What companies did Shirshanka Das found?
Shirshanka Das founded Acryl Data, DataHub.
Where did Shirshanka Das go to school?
Shirshanka Das studied at UCLA (Ph.D., Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (B.Tech, Computer Science & Engg.).

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