
The nao Labs co-founder went from business school to building data systems at BCG and Sunday. Her wager now is that reliable analytics agents will be won in the quiet work of context, tests, and clean definitions.
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.