KPMG Acquires Metaphor’s Technology Platform to Accelerate AI Adoption and Data Management

April 28, 2025 – KPMG LLP, a leading professional services firm, today announced it acquired the technology and intellectual property of Metaphor, a pioneering enterprise data mesh platform that revolutionizes how organizations manage and gain new, unique insights from their data. This strategic move underscores KPMG's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technology and AI to drive value and innovation for its clients.

Empowering Data-Driven Success

Metaphor's technology is a game-changer in the data management landscape. It creates a synthesis layer that seamlessly connects company data with business users and AI applications, significantly reducing the time to value for clients embracing AI solutions. This data mesh creates a quick and clear, AI-enhanced visibility into the data landscape while enabling the efficient distribution of data and AI products across teams. This capability to meld business metadata, technical metadata and social metadata from across the data estate gives business and technology professionals a long-awaited meeting ground in a unified digital experience.

“Metaphor’s capabilities fill a hole in the market that our clients have been demanding.  KPMG can now enable enterprises to smoothly connect their data products and new AI applications without significant engineering builds," said Matteo Colombo, KPMG Partner and Global Data, Cloud, and AI Leader. "KPMG is thrilled to be able to add Metaphor’s technology to our existing data modernization offerings. We believe these new capabilities will speed the time to value for our clients embarking on AI transformations at scale."

According to recent KPMG research, 96% of respondents are transitioning their legacy data assets to modern data products, and 92% believe that data modernization is critical to their organization's success.

Metaphor's GenAI-enhanced interface provides instant visibility to data assets and live collaboration options, allowing faster implementation of governance, metadata enrichment & value delivery for AI with data products & insights.  

"Metaphor's founders and engineers designed it to empower data and business teams to speed up data modernization and unlock powerful insights through the integration of AI," said Pardhu Gunnam, CEO/Founder of Metaphor Data. "We're thrilled KPMG has acquired our ground-breaking technology that we spent many years developing with our world-class engineering talent.  As one of the leading AI and data consultancies, KPMG is well positioned to bring the Metaphor technology to a wider audience and drive value from it for their clients. "

Client Benefits

KPMG is committed to a flexible future where data integration is seamless. The firm recognizes that no single data solution can address all market challenges, and orchestration between data technologies is essential for realizing the full potential of AI. The technology integrates with many of the platforms used by KPMG's clients, making it a catalyst for greater value from existing investments. This is particularly important for CFOs and CIOs who prioritize maximizing the return on their technology investments.

KPMG is integrating Metaphor’s technology into its own Modern Data Platform

KPMG sees potential benefit not just for its clients, but for its people and professionals globally. KPMG will leverage Metaphor's technology to enhance its own AI tools and platforms, including KPMG Modern Data Platform, a scalable, cloud-native solution that streamlines an organization’s data infrastructure and accelerates advanced analytic initiatives, and Velocity, which combines KPMG firms’ business transformation suite with AI tools and a common methodology. The metadata capabilities acquired will enable KPMG to develop an active meta layer that connects professionals and clients in real time, making the platforms more intelligent and enhancing organizations' ability to generate new and unique insights from their data.

About KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP is the U.S. member firm of the KPMG global organization of independent member firms providing audit, tax and advisory services. The KPMG global organization operates in 142 countries and territories and has more than 275,000 people working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.
 
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About Metaphor

Metaphor is a first-of-its-kind search and discovery tool that uses a metadata knowledge graph to help organizations better understand and manage their data. Its technology creates a multimodal data fabric that spans structured and unstructured data, providing automated governance, discovery capabilities, and a social component that learns from user interactions.