Show HN: Strata – an expressive semantic layer that can say no to your LLM

Strata is a new semantic layer platform designed to provide high-performance analytics by integrating with various OLAP engines and AI coding agents. It focuses on data governance, preventing double-counting, and allowing agents to interact with data models safely.
Why it matters
As organizations increasingly rely on AI agents for data analysis, tools that provide 'guardrails' and semantic accuracy are becoming essential for enterprise data integrity.
15 minutes from setup to insights. On your machine, with Docker and your own coding agent.
High-performance, AI-safe self-service analytics — one platform from warehouse to beautiful dashboard.
Partition-aware routing to fast hot tiers and aggregate tables — sub-second answers, lower warehouse spend.
Humans Agents MCP API strata semantic layer Partition and Aggregate Aware Semantic Routing Hot tier ClickHouse · Druid Warm tier Snowflake Cold tier AWS Athena Born at Netflix, ready for the world
A governed semantic layer, beautiful self-service dashboards, agents grounded in live data, and the open OLAP engines that make it all fast. One system, four ways to put it to work.
Beautiful by default dashboards and deep self service for everyone.
Semantic Layer Model by naming. Grain safe blending, five measure types, federated routing.
AI Analytics Agents that ask broad questions and get correct answers, on a governed model.
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