# Kyligence

> Kyligence is the company behind Apache Kylin, the open-source OLAP engine for big data. Founded in 2016 by the project's original creators, it now sells an AI-powered metrics platform and a copilot that lets non-technical employees chat with their business numbers instead of writing SQL.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States (dual HQ with Shanghai, China)
- **Founders:** Luke Han (Co-founder & CEO), Yang Li (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~120
- **Products:** Kyligence Enterprise, Kyligence Zen, Kyligence Copilot, Apache Kylin
- **Notable:** Created Apache Kylin - a Top-Level Apache Software Foundation project since 2015, Raised $110M+ in total funding across four rounds, Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Management

## Products & services

- **Kyligence Enterprise** — Intelligent OLAP platform for multi-dimensional analytics on cloud data lakes, with sub-second query response at petabyte scale.
- **Kyligence Zen** — Low-code metrics platform to define, collect, organize and share business metrics across an organization.
- **Kyligence Copilot** — AI copilot that lets users chat with business metrics in natural language - inside Excel, Teams or a browser - and returns insights, summaries and recommendations.
- **Apache Kylin** — The open-source OLAP engine for big data that Kyligence's founders created at eBay and donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2015.

## Achievements

- Created Apache Kylin - a Top-Level Apache Software Foundation project since 2015
- Raised $110M+ in total funding across four rounds
- Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Management
- Recognized as a representative vendor in multiple Gartner Hype Cycles for analytics
- Adopted by major global banks and Fortune 500 manufacturers

## Latest updates

- **2023-07** — Launched Kyligence Copilot, an AI assistant for business metrics, integrated with Excel and Teams.
- **2022-09** — Released Kyligence Zen, a low-code metrics platform.
- **2021-04** — Closed $70M Series D led by SPDB International.

## Links

- Website: https://kyligence.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyligence
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kyligence
- GitHub: https://github.com/Kyligence
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3LKQ-p2nLgKkZHcXGLHpg
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/kyligenceinc/

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