We're on a mission to democratize data

Ludex was built on the belief that every business deserves access to world-class analytics — not just companies with 20-person data teams.

Our story

Ludex was founded in 2019 by a team of data engineers and product builders who were frustrated by the same problem over and over: the tools available for business analytics were either too complex, too slow, or too expensive for most teams to actually use.

We believed there had to be a better way. A platform that was as powerful as enterprise BI tools, but as easy to use as a spreadsheet. That connected to all your data sources out of the box. That showed you what was happening in your business right now — not last Tuesday.

We started with a small team in Austin, Texas, and spent 18 months building a query engine from the ground up that could handle the performance requirements we knew our customers would have. We launched publicly in 2021, reached 1,000 customers in our first year, and haven't slowed down since.

Today, Ludex serves over 12,000 businesses in 60+ countries, processing 2.4 billion data points daily. Our team has grown to 87 people across four offices, and we're just getting started.

2019Year founded
87Team members
12,000+Customers worldwide
60+Countries
How we work

Our values

These aren't words on a wall — they're the principles that guide every decision we make, from product to hiring to how we treat our customers.

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Clarity over complexity

We believe analytics should clarify, not confuse. Every feature we build is tested against the question: does this make it easier or harder to understand your data?

Speed as a feature

We're obsessive about performance. Every millisecond of latency we eliminate is a fraction of frustration removed from your workflow. Speed isn't optional — it's the product.

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Customers first, always

Our roadmap is driven by customer feedback. We read every support ticket, join customer calls, and make decisions based on what actually helps the people using our product.

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Transparency

We publish our system status publicly, share our security practices openly, and communicate pricing without fine print. We think honesty is a competitive advantage.

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Ship fast, iterate faster

We deploy to production multiple times a day. We'd rather get something useful into your hands quickly and improve it than spend 6 months building the "perfect" solution in isolation.

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Privacy by design

We don't sell your data. We never look at your data unless you ask us to. Security and privacy aren't afterthoughts — they're baked into every layer of our infrastructure.

Leadership

Meet the team

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Alex Kowalski
CEO & Co-founder

Former VP of Data at Scale.ai. 12 years in analytics. Cornell CS.

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Rachel Park
CTO & Co-founder

Built data infrastructure at Stripe and Airbnb. MIT EECS.

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Daniel Martinez
VP of Product

Product lead at Looker (pre-Google acquisition). Stanford MBA.

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Sarah Chen
VP of Engineering

Led database engineering at Snowflake. CMU CS PhD.

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Tom Walsh
VP of Sales

10+ years scaling B2B SaaS sales teams. Previously at Tableau.

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Maya Johnson
Head of Design

Design lead at Figma and Linear. Obsessed with data visualization.

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Noah Bennett
Head of AI

ML researcher. Published 12 papers on time-series forecasting. Berkeley AI Lab.

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Lisa Torres
VP of Customer Success

Built CS orgs at Intercom and Zendesk from 0 to 200 people.

Investors

Backed by the best

We've raised $48M from investors who share our vision for the future of analytics.

Sequoia Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Y Combinator
First Round Capital
Join us

We're hiring

We're a remote-first team with offices in Austin, New York, London, and Berlin. If you're passionate about building products that help people make better decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

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