Lightdash (YC S20) — The open source looker alternative
Lightdash is an open-source Looker alternative. It's built on top of dbt and lets users centralise all their team's business logic in one place.
Lightdash is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The open source Looker alternative. The founders listed are Hamzah Chaudhary (Founder), Oliver Laslett (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 10, 2020).
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Lightdash | Build Intelligence, not just dashboards.
Lightdash is the AI-first, open-source BI platform for modern data teams. Connect to dbt, define metrics once, and get instant, trustworthy insights.
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Hamzah Chaudhary
Founder
I've been frustrated with the state of data tools over the last few years, now building Lightdash with a mission to build the data stack for the future of data-driven teams.
Former Director of Product Management at an insurtech (employee #7), grew the business from seed to Series B, $40M+ funding and >70 employees.
In previous work, I worked with drone analytics technology and launched a late-night food delivery service based in London
Oliver Laslett
Founder
Full-stack data enthusiast and all round generalist.
I founded Lightdash: an open-source alternative to Looker.
Before that I was a machine learning engineer in the fintech sector and a PhD in computational physics.
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