Hex
Series C+Raised Since FeaturedMagic of AI meets data
A collaborative, AI-powered workspace for data science and analytics.
About
Hex is the platform where data teams do their best work. It combines a powerful notebook environment supporting SQL, Python, and R with AI-native features that let analysts and data scientists explore, analyze, and share insights collaboratively. Its reactive DAG-based compute engine ensures reproducibility, while built-in visualization and app-building tools make it easy to turn analyses into interactive data products. Founded in 2019 by a team of ex-Palantir engineers, Hex has grown to serve hundreds of data teams including Reddit, Anthropic, Figma, Notion, and the NBA. In 2025, Hex launched AI agents โ Threads, Semantic Model Agent, and Magic โ that bring conversational analytics to enterprise data workflows.
DailyDropout Take
Hex stood out as the rare data tool that data scientists actually enjoy using โ a collaborative notebook that felt modern, not like a Jupyter holdover. With ex-Palantir founders who deeply understand enterprise data workflows and a growing roster of customers like Anthropic and Figma, they were well-positioned to ride the AI wave before most analytics tools even started thinking about it.
Discovery signal: Strong enterprise adoption signals (Palantir-pedigree founders, Snowflake partnership), rapid community growth among data teams, and unusually high NPS for a B2B analytics tool.
What Makes Them Unique
Hex uniquely combines a reactive notebook environment with native app-building and AI agents in a single collaborative workspace, enabling data teams to go from SQL query to published data product without switching tools.
~$19.8M
ARR
~125
Team Size
~110%
YoY Revenue Growth
Target Markets
Founders
Barry McCardel
Co-Founder & CEO
Former product lead at Palantir Technologies where he spent 6 years building data analysis tools. CS degree from University of Virginia.
Caitlin Colgrove
Co-Founder & CTO
Former engineering lead at Palantir Technologies. Built large-scale data analysis and visualization systems. CS degree from MIT.
Glen Takahashi
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Former software engineer at Palantir Technologies. Architected core data infrastructure and analytical tools.
Hex is hiring!
Team size: ~125
Funding History
Lead: Amplify Partners
Lead: Redpoint Ventures
Lead: Andreessen Horowitz
Lead: Sequoia Capital
Lead: Avra Partners
Investors
Firms
Press & News
Hex lands another $28M as data collaboration platform continues to gain traction
Hex raises $52M Series B led by a16z for collaborative data platform
Data notebook startup Hex raises $16M Series A
Hex raises $5.5M to make data science more collaborative
Hex raises $70M Series C for AI-powered analytics
Inside Hex 3.0: AI Agents for Analytics