Jul 28th, 2025
Julius raises $10 million to make AI-powered data analysis accessible to everyone
By Rahul Sonwalkar, CEO of Julius AI · 4 min read
The question isn't whether your data has answers. It's whether you can find them before your competition does. That’s why we’re on a mission to change how the world analyzes data.
The hidden cost of complexity
Companies sit on goldmines of data, but accessing insights requires specialized skills that 99% of knowledge workers simply don't have. You either advocate for resources to expand your data team or watch your competitive advantage collect dust.
A marketing manager wonders which campaigns drive retention but waits weeks for the data team to free up. A sales director sees revenue dipping but can't pinpoint why without "bothering" engineering for database access. A founder knows their metrics hold the key to growth but settles for surface-level dashboards instead of deep insights.
“I tell colleagues it’s an AI tool that leans into data analysis—it writes R/Python when I can’t and spits out visuals faster than we could do ourselves.”
- Neil, Sr. Managing Director of Research and Communications at a real estate agency
The data exists. The questions matter. But the gap between curiosity and clarity swallows opportunities whole.
Julius eliminates that gap. We’re your personal AI data analyst, exceptional at generating analysis, visualizations, and even showing you the underlying code if you want a peek behind the curtain. Connect your data, ask a question in plain English, and Julius handles the rest. No technical background required.
What we've learned from 2 millions curious minds
Great companies solve problems that everyone accepts as "just how things work":
• Why should only developers build websites?
• Why should only designers use design tools?
• Why should payments be complicated?We asked: Why should only data analysts analyze data? Turns out, over 2 million people have agreed with us (so far).
In the two years since launch, millions of users have created over 10 million data visualizations with Julius. Not charts for the sake of charts, but answers to questions that move their businesses forward.
Behind the scenes, Julius writes four million lines of code daily (roughly 4,000 times what a skilled engineer produces on their best day). But our users don't need programming skills to get insights—Julius does the coding for them.
Our customers span Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. And the pattern is very clear: users are impatient with waiting for answers. A hospitality company forecasts across 87,500+ properties in minutes, not months. A hedge fund models currency impacts on energy prices between meetings. A legal startup's finance team tracks metrics in real-time instead of reconciling spreadsheets after the fact.
Even business professors recognize that Julius is the future of data analytics and are teaching the product to the next generation of business leaders. Harvard Business School featured Julius as the data analysis tool of choice in their required "Data Science and AI for Leaders" course to over 900 students this past semester. Rice University Business School dedicates multiple units in their data science courses to teaching Julius. Much like Excel became essential in the 90s, Julius is becoming the standard for today's business leaders.
"If the 20th century was defined by the MBA wielding Excel, this century will be defined by MBAs working hand-in-hand with AI agents [like Julius]—reimagining organizations, business models, and operating models from the ground up.”
- Dr. Karim Lakhani, Professor at Harvard Business School
The future runs on curiosity
We just raised $10 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Horizon VC, AI Grant, 8VC, and the founders of companies you love, like Notion, Vercel, Replit, Perplexity, Intercom, Dropbox, Zapier, and Twilio.
But here's what really matters: we're building a world where anyone can be their own data analyst.
“Julius helped us get a clear view of the long-term trends in our NRR cohorts. The insights from the fitted curve gave us a much better understanding of where we’re headed—it’s been super valuable for our finance planning.”
- Aman Samra, VP of Finance at Spellbook
We've built Julius Teams for collaboration that doesn't sacrifice security for speed. Our Notebooks feature lets power users easily iterate on their work and automate complex analysis while keeping it accessible to everyone else. And now, our direct warehouse connections to platforms like PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Snowflake mean your data stays where it belongs while your insights flow where you need them.
And we're building toward something bigger: Julius as the data analyst in every knowledge worker's pocket, proactively surfacing insights before you even know to ask.
Every question deserves an answer
Imagine a workplace where "I wonder if..." immediately becomes "Here's what the data shows." Where decisions happen at the speed of curiosity, not at the availability of analysts.
“I asked Julius: ‘Can you give me the most efficient way to lay them out?’ … I would have given an engineer a month-and-a-half to two months to work on this, but you’ve come back with something the engineer can then tweak. And that’s a game changer for us.”
- Maryam Amr, VP of Operations at Ernesta
In a world where competitive advantages expire quickly, the companies that win are those that move fastest from question to insight to action. That world isn't theoretical. It's what our users experience every day. And it's what we're building for everyone else.
If you're curious to see how you can cut down hours of work for yourself and your team, give us a try today.
