Shirshanka Das
FounderCo-founder at DataHub · Founder at Acryl Data
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedAcryl DataDataHub
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 checksBessemer 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
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Swaroop JagadishCo-founder
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John JoyceFounder
Founder at Acryl Data
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Experience
- DataHubCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2023 — present
- DataHubCEO and Co-Founder2021 — 2023
- The Apache Software FoundationCommitter and PPMC Member, Apache Gobblin (Incubating)current2017 — present
- LinkedInPrincipal Staff Software Engineer2016 — 2021
- LinkedInSenior Staff Software Engineer2013 — 2016
- LinkedInStaff Software Engineer2010 — 2013
- Yahoo!Principal Technical Yahoo!2008 — 2010
- PayPalApplication Architect2006 — 2008
- PayPalSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2006
Skills & more
Distributed Systems99Online Advertising1Architecture24Computer Science9Scalability61Agile Methodologies3System Architecture6Algorithms4Object Oriented Design3Architectures4Software Engineering17Gobblin3
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C++RESTPerlPythonJavaDatabasesMySQLLinuxHadoopFrom Shirshanka's professional profile.
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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