Meta Buys Sundial, and Outside Customers Will Lose Its AI Analytics Tool

Meta has acquired AI analytics startup Sundial, taking its software and team away from external customers once the deal closes, according to a Meta spokesperson and Axios. The company did not disclose a purchase price. Sundial’s co-founders Julie Zhuo and Chandra Narayanan are returning to Meta with additional staff, including Stanley Watt, Asa Levi and John Maier. Narayanan will lead Meta’s data analytics tooling and agents work. Meta’s chief data officer Alex Schultz, appointed in July, said the goal is to define the future of AI analytics. Sundial had raised $23 million, including a $16 million Series A, and focused on self-service analysis in plain language.