Lightdash · Jul 2026
Hamzah Chaudhary’s post introducing Data Apps, positioning Lightdash as a way to build governed apps on top of semantic-layer data rather than only dashboards.
The open source Looker alternative
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Lightdash is an AI-first, open-source BI platform for modern data teams. It helps teams build governed, self-serve analytics and custom data apps with AI rather than manually creating and maintaining dashboards.
Primary product
AI-first open-source BI platform / agentic BI for analytics and governed data apps
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Business Intelligence / Analytics Engineering / Data Platform
Offices
United Kingdom
Business model
open-source with commercial cloud/hosted offering
subscription SaaS
enterprise software
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$21.8M
Latest round
Series A · Oct 2024
Latest amount
$11M
Oct 2024 · Accel
Oct 2022
Jan 2021 · Moonfire Ventures
Jan 2021
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Analytics Engineering Advocate
Analytics Engineering Advocate
Analytics Engineering Advocate
Software Engineer
Work & culture
Public sources emphasize a fast-moving, product-led, remote-first culture with strong collaboration between engineering, analytics engineering, and community/education roles. The team frequently highlights shipping quickly, teaching users, and building in public.
Work style
Remote
Product & market
Pricing
Commercial cloud/hosted offering layered on top of open-source community edition; pricing not publicly captured in the sources reviewed.
Differentiators
- —AI-first BI focused on governed, self-serve analytics
- —Open-source core with commercial cloud offering
- —Built around dbt and analytics engineering workflows
- —Agentic BI: AI can build, refactor, and ship analytics
- —Strong community/education motion via Lightdash University and content
Technology
dbt
Python
TypeScript
React
GitHub
GitHub Actions
Docker
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Terraform
OpenAI
Customers
Gen H
Ramp customers
Tillo
Officeguru
Omnio
Paebbl
Competitors
Looker
Tableau
Metabase
Hex
Preset
Mode
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
USD 1M-10M
Estimated monthly visits
45.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Lightdash · Jun 2026
Official product announcement that Lightdash now runs natively on MotherDuck, expanding its warehouse support and emphasizing governed BI on DuckDB-speed infrastructure.
Lightdash · Jun 2026
Current product positioning, commercial offering, and public company description.
Lightdash · May 2026
Official launch of the Data Apps beta, describing fully custom governed applications inside Lightdash powered by the semantic layer.
Tech.eu · Oct 2024
Tech.eu's coverage of the same Series A round, highlighting Lightdash's push to expand product development and its developer-team footprint in the US and Europe.
Jobs and careers at Lightdash
4 jobs at Lightdash
Events & Community Marketer
Remote
Marketing
London
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Head of Engineering
Remote
Engineering
UK - Remote
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Analytics Engineering Advocate - Europe
Remote
GTM & Customer Success
Remote
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Technical Account Executive
Remote
GTM & Customer Success
UK - Remote
8mo ago
Remote
Full-time