# nao Labs

> nao Labs builds an AI-native code editor for data teams - a local, VS Code-based IDE wired directly into your data warehouse, with an AI copilot that understands your schema, catches breaking changes, and runs data diffs before you ship. Founded in 2024 by Claire Gouze and Christophe Blefari and backed by Y Combinator (Spring 2025), nao is pitched as 'Cursor for data' and, more recently, an open-source analytics agent builder that lets non-technical users query data in plain English.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States (founded in Paris, France)
- **Founders:** Claire Gouze (Co-founder & CEO), Christophe Blefari (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~2 founders (YC listing); some third-party sources list higher headcounts
- **Products:** nao AI Data Editor, Data diffs & quality checks, Open Source Analytics Agent Builder
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch, Shipped an AI data IDE built as a fork of VS Code with native BigQuery, Snowflake and Postgres connectors, Released an open-source analytics agent builder with self-hosting and bring-your-own-LLM-key support

## Products & services

- **nao AI Data Editor** — A local AI code editor for data work - a fork of VS Code connected directly to your data warehouse, with an AI copilot that has built-in context of your data schema and data-specific tools for writing SQL, Python and dbt workflows.
- **Data diffs & quality checks** — An AI agent that compares development data against production, runs predefined tests, and flags changes that would break data lineage or downstream BI before you merge.
- **Open Source Analytics Agent Builder** — An open-source framework (nao-core CLI + UI) to engineer structured context from data sources and deploy chat interfaces so non-technical users can query data in plain English across Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Telegram and MCP clients.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch
- Shipped an AI data IDE built as a fork of VS Code with native BigQuery, Snowflake and Postgres connectors
- Released an open-source analytics agent builder with self-hosting and bring-your-own-LLM-key support
- Featured on Product Hunt as an AI data IDE for '10x faster data work'

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Reported pre-seed funding round closed.
- **2025-05** — Part of Y Combinator's X25 (Spring 2025) batch; product publicly positioned as 'Cursor for data'.
- **2025** — Launched open-source analytics agent builder with multi-channel chat deployment (Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Telegram, MCP).

## Links

- Website: https://getnao.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getnao
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ClaireGze
- GitHub: https://github.com/getnao/nao

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Last updated: 2026-07-30