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Metadata Knowledge for AI & Governance

Automate full-fidelity lineage, meaning & quality checks for your data and AI workflows.

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Trusted by Tier-1 Nordic Telecom

Enriching tens of thousands of assets with live, contextual metadata — in production

Business lineage

Business Lineage for Complex Technical Flows

Turns sprawling data flows into clear, auditable stories.

Product Features

Automate the heavy lifting of governance. Semantic Scout Enterprise provides dense, audit-ready metadata, maps end-to-end lineage at column level and adds business context.

Automated Lineage & Meaning

Always-current, column-level lineage enriched with AI-generated semantic meaning. Code-aware sensors refresh instantly when repos or ETL configs change—no manual stitching needed.

Unified Governance Suite

Catalog, lineage, and data quality in one platform—or plug into your existing catalog. AI adds natural-language descriptions, ontology links, and semantic enrichment.

Plug-and-Play Everywhere

Language-agnostic agents integrate with Git, Airflow, Spark, dbt, warehouses, BI, and more. Start seeing value in hours, not months.

AI Driven Quality & Policies

Data quality rules in natural language, automatically classify PII, and monitor compliance with BCBS 239, AI Act, and GDPR—before issues reach reports.

Business Oriented Lineage

Intuitive business view of data flows across platforms, so technical and non-technical teams share a common understanding.

Scalable & Extensible

Extend with custom adaptors for niche systems. Built for interoperability with open standards and APIs.

What People Are Saying

Feedback from leaders who’ve seen Semantic Scout in action.

Data Scientist from Telecom

Data Scientist

Telecom

"Auto generated descriptions for the data assets are so rich, better than human-written ones."
Business Analyst from Finance

Business Analyst

Finance

"The business lineage view is incredible, makes so easy to understand complex transformations."
Data Engineer from Telecom

Data Engineer

Telecom

"No manual efforts anymore and our users are happy with the automated rich metadata."
Data Governance Lead from Telecom

Data Governance Lead

Telecom

"PII classification and linking assets with terms is now a breeze, we feel much more confident in our compliance efforts."
Data Scientist from Telecom

Data Scientist

Telecom

"Auto generated descriptions for the data assets are so rich, better than human-written ones."
Business Analyst from Finance

Business Analyst

Finance

"The business lineage view is incredible, makes so easy to understand complex transformations."
Data Engineer from Telecom

Data Engineer

Telecom

"No manual efforts anymore and our users are happy with the automated rich metadata."
Data Governance Lead from Telecom

Data Governance Lead

Telecom

"PII classification and linking assets with terms is now a breeze, we feel much more confident in our compliance efforts."
Data Scientist from Telecom

Data Scientist

Telecom

"Auto generated descriptions for the data assets are so rich, better than human-written ones."
Business Analyst from Finance

Business Analyst

Finance

"The business lineage view is incredible, makes so easy to understand complex transformations."
Data Engineer from Telecom

Data Engineer

Telecom

"No manual efforts anymore and our users are happy with the automated rich metadata."
Data Governance Lead from Telecom

Data Governance Lead

Telecom

"PII classification and linking assets with terms is now a breeze, we feel much more confident in our compliance efforts."

Use Cases

Four practical outcomes: pass audits, trust your data, speed stewardship and standardize governance across the enterprise.

Enable Compliance

Enable Compliance

Meet BCBS 239, GDPR, and the AI Act with automated, auditable metadata and lineage. Cut prep time and reduce risk.

  • End-to-end, column-level lineage and change history
  • Auto-detect and alert on compliance breaches

Find Trustable Data

Find the right data fast with clear owners, definitions, quality status, and lineage.

  • Source-to-report lineage to verify provenance
  • Columns with business definitions and data quality checks
Find Trustable Data
Accelerate Data Stewardship

Accelerate Data Stewardship

Automate tagging and documentation so stewards focus on review and quality.

  • AI assisted tagging, descriptions and glossary links
  • No manual stitching for cross-platform data flows

Enterprise-Ready Deployment

Managed, unified suite for catalog, quality, and lineage—fast rollout without the hassle.

  • Managed, unified deployment — SaaS, private cloud, or on-prem
  • Built on industry-standard tooling trusted by enterprises
Enterprise-Ready Deployment

Deployment Flexibility

We offer flexible deployment options designed to meet the diverse needs of your business. Choose from our secure, cloud-based platform or opt for full control with an on-premise installation.

Self-Managed

If your organization requires strict control over its metadata and infrastructure, this option offers the autonomy to oversee every aspect of the deployment.

  • Enhanced data control
  • Direct system integration
  • Personalized installation support
  • In-house management

Dedicated SaaS

Our Dedicated SaaS solution is perfect for organizations that want to leverage the power of the cloud without the complexity of managing the underlying infrastructure.

  • Dedicated cloud resources
  • Secure connections
  • Quick and easy deployment
  • Hassle-free maintenance

Packaging Options

We offer tailored solutions to fit the unique requirements of your data management landscape. Choose from our versatile plugin extension or our fully integrated solution to optimize your data catalog capabilities.

Plugin-Only: Semantic Scout Harvester & UI

Our Plugin Extension is designed for organizations that already have a data catalog (such as Collibra, Ab Initio or IBM) or/and data quality tools in place.

  • Start metadata automation within hours
  • Seamless integration with your existing data catalog
  • No workflow disruption, our plugin operates silently in the background
  • Customizable metadata harvesting to fit your unique needs

Enterprise Bundle: Catalog • Quality • Lineage

A unified, production-ready stack built on DataHub and Great Expectations, with Semantic Scout’s AI-powered metadata harvester & lineage explorer.

  • Managed open-source DataHub catalog—modern, user-friendly, and extensible.
  • Great Expectations quality tests versioned and orchestrated on every run.
  • Semantic Scout auto-harvests full-fidelity technical & business lineage—no manual stitching.
  • Deploy in SaaS, VPC, or on-prem.

Our Story

Trustworthy data is the foundation of trustworthy AI. We’re automating the governance layer so you can focus on deriving insights from your data.

Our Mission

We started Semantic Scout with a simple belief: as LLMs and self-service analytics multiply pipelines & agentic workflows, teams need governance that stays evergreen without manual effort.


Our mission is to make intelligent data governance effortless — so every company can move faster with AI, without compromising trust.

How We Got Here

We built alongside design partners in regulated industries, pairing product builders with veteran metadata leaders. Together we turned manual lineage stitching, stale catalogs, audit scramble -- into a product that updates itself and explains itself.

See Semantic Scout in Action

Get a personalized demo to see how we can take your metadata to the next level.

What you'll get

  • A 30 min live demo tailored to your use case
  • Architecture review and recommendations

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

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FAQs

Quick answers to the most common questions. For detailed inquiries, feel free to write to us.

What’s included in the Enterprise suite?

Catalog, data-quality engine, and our AI metadata harvester—delivered together so you get discovery, tests, and lineage in one place.

Can I use Semantic Scout with my existing catalog or quality tool?

Yes. You can run the plug-in with your current stack or choose Semantic Scout Enterprise, which ships catalog, data quality, and our AI harvester pre-wired.

Where can we deploy Semantic Scout?

SaaS, private cloud (VPC), or fully on-prem. Choose what fits your security and data-residency needs.

Can we build custom adaptors?

Yes. You can build custom adaptors to integrate with your existing systems and workflows.

Do we need to modify our pipelines or workflows?

No. We pull configs, logs and repositories via APIs; runtime overhead is minimal and can be isolated from production workloads.

Do you use business data for metadata generation?

No, no real data is used in the process.

What do you mean by “full-fidelity, column-level lineage”?

We trace data flows from source to report at table and column level across jobs, SQL, and transformations—so you can see exactly which fields feed a metric, dashboard, or model.

How fast can we see results?

Most teams light up end-to-end lineage within hours on a representative repo or pipeline. Typical pilots reach broad coverage in days, not months.

What does a typical pilot look like?

Week 1 connects key systems; hours later you see lineage and metadata filling in. Weeks 2–3 expand coverage, steward review, and value proof.