Fivetran to Become Steward of the Great Expectations Open Source Community and GX Core Project

Move advances Fivetran’s Open Data Infrastructure vision for open, interoperable systems powering analytics and AI

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fivetran, the data foundation for AI, today announced plans to become steward of the Great Expectations open source community and GX Core project, supporting the continued development of one of the industry’s most widely used open source data quality frameworks. Under the planned transition, GX Core will continue as an open source, community-driven project. Fivetran intends to support ongoing project maintenance, ecosystem integrations, and community engagement.

“AI increases the importance of open and trustworthy data systems,” said Anjan Kundavaram, Chief Product Officer at Fivetran. “Practitioners need infrastructure that works across clouds, platforms, and tools without locking them into closed ecosystems. The GX community has built an important part of that foundation.”

The stewardship builds on Fivetran’s vision for Open Data Infrastructure, an architectural approach focused on ensuring organizations can access, move, and use their data across systems without restriction. Announced alongside Fivetran’s intent to merge with dbt Labs in October 2025, Open Data Infrastructure is designed to support open, interoperable data infrastructure for analytics and AI while preserving flexibility and freedom of choice for practitioners.

As organizations scale AI initiatives and autonomous workflows, trusted data has become increasingly critical to enterprise operations. Great Expectations enables data teams to define, validate, and monitor data quality across modern data platforms, helping improve trust in analytics, operations, and AI systems.

“The GX community has always focused on helping practitioners build systems they can trust,” said Hernan Alvarez, CEO at Great Expectations. “We believe Fivetran understands the growing importance of open, reliable data infrastructure in the AI era and is well positioned to help support the continued growth of the GX Core community.”

As part of the planned stewardship, Fivetran expects to hire engineering talent with experience developing the GX Core project to help support ongoing maintenance and development efforts.

Additional details regarding the transition and future stewardship plans will be shared following completion of the agreement.

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