Omni, founded in 2022 by Colin Zima, Jamie Davidson, and Chris Merrick, lets a team query data through dashboards, spreadsheets, a point-and-click interface, SQL, or an AI chat interface, all grounded in one semantic layer that captures organizational knowledge so every query method returns consistent, governed answers.
Its more distinctive design borrows directly from software development practice: a branch mode lets a team test changes to the semantic model before merging them, with full Git version control underneath, and the same semantic layer that grounds Omni's own AI chat can connect to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and custom chatbots through an MCP server, extending governed data access into tools a team already uses.
A free trial is available with no fixed pricing published; the company has raised $236 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. For a data team that wants Git-style version control and branch testing on its semantic model, plus that same governed layer reachable from external AI tools via MCP, Omni's developer-workflow-inspired governance addresses that directly.
