Meta acquires AI data analytics startup Sundial

Oct 24, 2026
Meta has acquired Sundial, an AI data analytics startup founded by former Meta employees Julie Zhuo and Chandra Narayanan. Sundial will join Meta's new data analytics organization and stop serving external customers when the deal closes.

Meta has acquired Sundial, an AI data analytics startup founded by former Meta employees Julie Zhuo and Chandra Narayanan, according to Axios. Sundial will join Meta's new data analytics organization, and its employees will move to Meta when the deal closes.

Sundial provides data analysis from natural language questions through a chatbot plugin. The company will stop serving external customers after the transaction closes.

Zhuo previously served as Meta's vice president of product design. Narayanan previously led analytics at Sequoia Capital and Instagram, and will lead Meta's work on data analytics tools and agents.

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