By Taylor Soper
Publication Date: 2026-01-05 22:28:00
Microsoft announced Monday that it acquired Osmos, a Seattle startup that helps companies automate data engineering work. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Osmos’ team will join the engineering organization behind Microsoft Fabric, the tech giant’s data and analytics platform, to “accelerate autonomous data engineering,” according to a Microsoft blog post.
Founded in 2019, Osmos initially focused on external data ingestion — helping companies bring in data from customers, suppliers, and partners. Over time, the startup began experimenting with large language models embedded directly in data engineering workflows, and later built products within Microsoft Fabric, using the platform’s extensibility platform.
Now, instead of selling tools alongside…
