Hex, a data collaboration platform used by over 2,500 customers, has launched a ground-up rewrite of its product — Hex 4.0 — designed for the age of AI agents. The company, founded in 2019, says its previous architecture was built before AI became central, leading to bloated agent harnesses, poor compatibility with external tools, and a compute engine unable to support fast, iterative workflows. The new version treats everything as code, enabling flexibility, agent nativity, and trusted data work across environments like Cursor, Claude, and custom agents.
The launch coincides with a $100 million fundraising round to scale the platform globally. Hex believes data work is no longer confined to BI tools but is happening everywhere — and needs context, controls, and guardrails to be reliable.
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