We connect Data, People, and AI
Entropy Data is the company behind Data Mesh Manager and Data Contract CLI. We are experts for data products and data contracts.
Our mission is to empower organizations to unlock the full potential of their business data by connecting teams (and AI agents) through managed data products and enforced data contracts.
Commercial Solution
Data Mesh Manager
A solution for managing data products with data contracts that integrates with all major data platforms, such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, GCP, AWS, Kafka, and more.
- Marketplace.
- Self-service data marketplace for humans and AI agents to discover, request, and consume data products. Self-service approval workflows and automated access management for seamless data sharing across teams and AI applications.
- Studio.
- Workspace for data teams to design, develop, and monitor data products and data contracts in Web UI, YAML-Editor, API, and -yes- Excel. Cost management, version control, and automated data quality checks.
- Governance.
- AI-supported data governance with automated policy enforcement, compliance monitoring, and quality assurance. Define governance rules in natural language and let AI ensure they're properly applied across your data landscape.
Open-Source
Data Contract CLI
The Data Contract CLI is a popular command-line application and Python library for data engineers to work with data contracts. Validate, generate, and manage your data contracts from the terminal with powerful automation capabilities.
- Open Standards.
- Native support for the industry-standards Data Contract Specification and Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS), ensuring compatibility and interoperability across different data platforms and tools. Follow industry best practices for data contract definitions.
- Testing.
- Enforcement and CI/CD integration for high-quality data products. Validate data contracts automatically in your pipelines, enforce quality standards, and ensure compliance before deployment to production.
- Import and Export.
- Import data contracts from various sources and export them in multiple formats. Support for YAML, JSON, and other standard formats. Seamlessly integrate with existing data infrastructure and tools.
Influence
Community
We lead data contract specifications and shape modern data management and AI practices.
- bitol.io.
- We are active Technical Steering Committee members at Bitol, a Linux Foundation project. Contributing to the development of Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) that enable seamless data sharing across different platforms and organizations.
- datacontract.com.
- Innovations in data contracts. Driving the evolution of data contract standards and best practices, providing comprehensive resources and tools for organizations implementing data contracts in their data mesh architecture.
- datamesh-architecture.com.
- One of the leading sources how to implement data mesh principles. Offering practical guidance, architectural patterns, and real-world examples to help organizations successfully adopt and implement data mesh concepts.
A Data Product Marketplace
based on Open Standards
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Our Story
We (Simon & Jochen) founded Entropy Data after working for many years as consultants at INNOQ with enterprises to build software systems that scale with methods such as Domain-driven Design, autonomous development teams, and self-contained system architectures, but data was never really part of the equation. When we started to use domain data to analyze our own backlog, it fundamentally changed the way we thought about data in software engineering. Data-driven decisions motivated us to build the right things. It created a purpose. It was an inflection point for us. So, we combined our existing knowledge in software engineering and data analytics to share our perspective of data mesh on datamesh-architecture.com. We also translated Zhamak Dehghani's amazing Data Mesh book into German. And we started to help companies to adopt these principles.
When we discussed data product management software with enterprise clients, we realized that existing tools, such as data catalogs, were not fitting well to data products and the UX was not exactly user-friendly. Business users and engineers avoided these tools. So, we created Data Mesh Manager to help business and technical teams work with data products and discover data that was actually relevant for their business case in a user-friendly way, while always keeping the developer experience in mind.
And we introduced a successful concept from software architecture to data architecture: APIs - and we called them Data Contracts to make it easier to understand (though we're not sure if that name was the best idea). However, with an open specification standard, data teams finally had a concrete tool that embraces collaboration from the beginning and ensures data quality in the long run. We knew that to make a standard adopted, we needed to be part of the community and convince the hearts of engineers: We created the Data Contract CLI as an open-source project to integrate data contracts into the development process.
We also noticed that consulting and product development have conflicting goals and priorities. So we decided to spin off from INNOQ and founded Entropy Data to focus our efforts on building Data Mesh Manager and contributing to the data community.
