# dbt Labs

> dbt Labs turned a command-line tool built inside a Philadelphia consultancy into the defining workflow for analytics engineering. Its open-source dbt Core lets analysts transform warehouse data with SQL, tests, documentation and version control, while the paid dbt platform adds managed development, orchestration, cataloging, semantic metrics, governance and AI-assisted work. Since June 2026, dbt Labs has operated with Fivetran as a combined company spanning data movement through trusted business context.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Philadelphia, United States
- **Founders:** Tristan Handy (Founder; President of Fivetran + dbt Labs (formerly CEO of dbt Labs)), Drew Banin (Co-founder; former Chief Product Officer), Connor McArthur (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 900 employees in the supplied company data before the completed merger; a current standalone count is not publicly disclosed.
- **Products:** dbt Core, dbt platform (formerly dbt Cloud), dbt Semantic Layer and MetricFlow, dbt Catalog, dbt Mesh
- **Notable:** Helped establish analytics engineering as a distinct practice and job category., Grew from a consultancy-built tool to more than 100,000 teams using dbt weekly., Reached more than 5,700 dbt Cloud customers and more than 100,000 community members, according to the company.

## Products & services

- **dbt Core** — The open-source command-line framework for transforming warehouse data with modular SQL, tests, documentation and software-development workflows.
- **dbt platform (formerly dbt Cloud)** — The managed commercial service for developing, scheduling, testing, deploying, governing and observing dbt projects.
- **dbt Semantic Layer and MetricFlow** — A governed metrics layer that serves consistent calculations to BI tools, applications and AI agents; MetricFlow moved to Apache 2.0 in 2025.
- **dbt Catalog** — Metadata, documentation, search, health signals and end-to-end lineage for data assets.
- **dbt Mesh** — Cross-project capabilities for distributed data ownership with contracts, discoverability and governance.
- **dbt Fusion engine** — A Rust-based SQL engine with fast parsing, native SQL comprehension and richer metadata; its runtime became the Apache-licensed basis of dbt Core v2.0 alpha in 2026.
- **dbt Canvas and dbt Insights** — Visual and exploratory interfaces that bring analysts into governed data development and analysis.
- **dbt Copilot, dbt MCP server and dbt Wizard** — AI-assisted development and agent interfaces that use dbt metadata, lineage and definitions as context.
- **dbt State and dbt Orchestrator** — State-aware execution that skips unchanged work, coordinates jobs and reduces unnecessary warehouse compute.

## Achievements

- Helped establish analytics engineering as a distinct practice and job category.
- Grew from a consultancy-built tool to more than 100,000 teams using dbt weekly.
- Reached more than 5,700 dbt Cloud customers and more than 100,000 community members, according to the company.
- Raised a $222 million Series D at a $4.2 billion valuation in 2022.
- Built an ecosystem of hundreds of adapters, packages and integrations around a portable project format.
- Was named partner of the year by both Snowflake and Databricks, according to dbt Labs.
- Completed an all-stock merger with Fivetran in June 2026.
- Released the Fusion runtime as the Apache 2.0 foundation of dbt Core v2.0 alpha in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — dbt Labs unveiled the Rust-based Fusion engine, a VS Code extension and a broader platform for developers, analysts and governed AI workflows.
- **2025-10** — Fivetran and dbt Labs announced an all-stock agreement to merge around an open data infrastructure thesis.
- **2025-12** — dbt Labs moved MetricFlow to Apache 2.0 and aligned its semantic work with Open Semantic Interchange.
- **2026-06** — The Fivetran merger closed. George Fraser remained CEO of the combined company and Tristan Handy became President.
- **2026-06** — dbt Labs open-sourced the Fusion runtime as dbt Core v2.0 alpha and reported more than 4,500 projects running on Fusion.
- **2026-07** — The company detailed dbt State, dbt Wizard and a roadmap retaining an Apache 2.0 Core foundation with commercial context and execution capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getdbt.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dbtlabs/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dbt_labs
- GitHub: https://github.com/dbt-labs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVpBwKK-ecMEV75y1dYLE5w
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbt_labs/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18