Hex
AI Data Analysts & Text-to-SQL · BI & Dashboard Software
2hiring now · open roles
$70Mlatest round · Series C · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
9backers · avra, Andreessen Horowitz
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Hex is a data science and analytics software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2019. The company provides a collaborative platform that integrates SQL, Python, and artificial intelligence to allow users to perform data analysis, build interactive notebooks, and deploy generative data applications. It serves data teams across various industries globally, offering a cloud-based environment that connects to modern data warehouses and supports agentic workflows for business intelligence.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$70M
1 round on record
Latest round
$70M
Series C · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
9
avra, Andreessen Horowitz
The money's age
Due for its next round
17 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 15
First executive search Engineering Director, Agent Context
May 28, 2025
Raised a round Series C $70M · Fortune
Oct 4, 2024
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Basic text-to-SQL RAG pipeline on Titanic data
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | May 2025 | $70M | — | Fortune |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Andreessen Horowitz 
Peak XV Partners 
Redpoint Ventures 
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
57/100
Growing
Open positions
0
0 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
84 days
faster than 14% of the market
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
30% ▲
Product
20% ▲
HR
20% ▼
Sales
15% ▼
Legal
5% ▲
Marketing
5% ▼
Actively hiring for Backend (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+8 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added Figma to stack
Oct 2026
Removed Rest API from stack
Sep 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Fivetran to stack
Sep 2026
Added Context Engineering to stack
Sep 2026
New location: San Francisco
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Notion to stack
Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Sep 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$70M
Latest round
Series C
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | 2025 | $70M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Hex over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
41
Postings analysed
30
Stack modernity
76/100
Languages
Python67%
JavaScript63%
TypeScript60%
SQL40%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js63%
Redux57%
BullMQ7%
Next.js3%
Databases
PostgreSQL57%
Redis57%
Snowflake33%
DuckDB7%
Cloud & platforms
AWS57%
Kubernetes57%
Anthropic30%
Figma27%
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Lorimer VenturesVia a fund
avraVia a fund
Amplify PartnersVia a fund
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Fall 2025 Launch: Agents, for analytics, for teams
Hex's biggest release ever brings analytics and agents together with powerful tools grounded in trusted context, so everyone can answer questions with data.
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Notebook Agent
Hex's Notebook Agent brings the best of agentic capabilities to a world-class notebook environment where thousands of data teams are already working.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
San Francisco
4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
New York
7 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 71% engineering 43% remote 50-200 est. staff $288k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Product