Hex
Hex is a San Francisco-based software company that provides a platform for data exploration using natural language and code. The company has raised $172M in funding and employs 281 people. Hex offers a collaborative platform that combines natural language processing and coding capabilities for data analysis. Its tools are used by data teams and analysts to query, visualize, and share insights from datasets. The company has grown rapidly since its 2019 founding, reaching a $172M total funding milestone with a Series C round in 2025. Its engineering team makes up the largest function, accounting for 64 employees.
The growth story
Hex grew from 18 to 281 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $172M along the way, most recently a Series C in May 2025.
About
With Hex, anyone can explore data using natural language, with or without code, all on trusted context, in one AI-powered platform.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Hex's largest function, with 64 employees. The company's leadership includes investors and advisors from prominent firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Databricks Ventures.
The Hex org chart
Barry McCardel (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 56 mapped leaders with 13 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 76 (+90% YoY), Engineering 55 (+4% YoY), Information Technology 17 (+21% YoY), Human Resources 15 (+67% YoY), Business Development 15 (+25% YoY), Marketing 14 (+40% YoY).
Talent flow
Hex draws heavily from tech giants, with Google being the top talent source, contributing 17 employees. Other notable sources include Looker, Palantir, and Salesforce. Alumni have moved to companies like Graphene, Ferry Health, and Databricks.
Most common previous employers of Hex staff: Google (17), Looker (11), Palantir Technologies (9), Salesforce (8), Amplitude (8), Hashboard (7). Former Hex employees most often moved to Graphene (3), Ferry Health (2), Cursor (2), Zed Industries (2), Thinking Machines Lab (2), Databricks (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Hex mafia
Hex alumni have founded six companies, including Ferry Health, Evantic Capital, and Graphene. Ferry Health is the largest, with 21 employees.
7Andrew Buie, was Software Engineer until 2023Matt Miller, was Investor, Board Observer until 2024Haroon Choudery, was Product Marketing, Growth until 2022Kevin Marr, was Product Management Lead until 2025Grant Marvin, was AI Engineer until 2024Joshua Martin, was Mid-Market Account Executive until 2025
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 79% direct, 7% search, 3% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Hex: Leadership (95), Microsoft Office (92), Microsoft Excel (87), Data Analysis (78), SQL (75), Public Speaking (74), Python (Programming Language) (73), Customer Service (71).
Where the team actually sits
Hex people are concentrated in California, United States (64), New York, United States (49), San Francisco Bay Area (30), United States (16).
Search footprint
Hex attracts about 9,689 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $29K a month if bought through ads. It gained 682 ranking keywords and lost 520 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Hex has 281 employees as of September 2026.
Hex has raised $172M in total, most recently a Series C round in May 2025.
Hex was founded in 2019 by Barry McCardel, Caitlin Colgrove, Glen Takahashi.
Barry McCardel (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Hex's reporting structure, with 13 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Hex staff are Google (17 people), Looker (11 people), Palantir Technologies (9 people).
Former Hex employees most often move to Graphene (3), Ferry Health (2), Cursor (2).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Hex, including Ferry Health, Evantic Capital, Seeko AI.
Hex attracts about 9,689 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $29K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Hex staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, SQL.
Hex staff are concentrated in California, United States (64), New York, United States (49), San Francisco Bay Area (30).
Hex has about 76 people in Sales, up 90% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Hex has about 55 people in Engineering, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 220 current and 100 former Hex profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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