Index blog · Mar 2026
Competitive positioning piece that frames Mora as an AI copilot for BI with plain-English queries, collaboration, and embedded analytics.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Mora (formerly Index / Meridian Industries) is a San Francisco-based, YC-backed AI-powered business intelligence platform that lets teams query warehouse and SaaS data in plain English, build and share dashboards, and embed customer-facing analytics.
Primary product
AI-powered business intelligence and conversational analytics platform
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (855 Front St, San Francisco, CA 94111)
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Business intelligence / analytics platform
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
per-seat SaaS subscription
freemium/free-to-start
enterprise custom pricing
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$2.6M
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2020
Latest amount
$2.6M
Oct 2020 · David Sacks, Slack, Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator
Jun 2019 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Small team of operators, engineers, and designers; values include shipping to learn, strong opinions with loose ego, direct customer interaction, and keeping processes boring so the team can focus on product quality.
Compensation
Public YC job listings showed San Francisco engineering roles in the $140K-$200K range; other open roles did not disclose pay publicly.
Product & market
Pricing
Per-seat subscription with tiered monthly plans and custom enterprise pricing.
Differentiators
- —Plain-English conversational analytics without requiring SQL
- —Real semantic layer with editable generated SQL
- —Fast query responses via DuckDB-powered sync engine
- —500+ integrations across warehouses and SaaS tools
- —MCP layer for Claude/Codex-style agent integrations
- —White-labeled customer-facing dashboards
- —Multiplayer collaboration and saved questions
Technology
DuckDB
GPT-4o
Claude
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
BigQuery
Snowflake
Postgres
Stripe
HubSpot
Salesforce
MongoDB
Google OAuth
AWS
Amplitude
Customers
Hyperaide
ElevenLabs
Competitors
Looker
Power BI
Domo
Tableau
Metabase
Sigma Computing
Hex
ThoughtSpot
Mode Analytics
Explo
Scale & contact
Latest news
Index blog · Feb 2026
Explains how Mora/Index uses Claude Code-style workflows to build SQL query generation for non-technical users, emphasizing schema-aware prompting and accuracy on real business data.
Index blog · Feb 2026
Discusses SQL agent accuracy, production constraints, and Mora's approach to query-to-chart workflows with editable SQL and warehouse context.
Index blog · Feb 2026
Describes building analytics dashboards from session logs and operational data, and argues Mora can accelerate dashboard creation and ROI measurement for AI tooling.
Index blog · Jan 2026
Positions Mora as a modern BI layer for embedded and customer-facing dashboards, with multi-tenant security, white-labeling, and fast provisioning.
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