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Before you build that data agent, I have notes.

Build vs. buy in data has never been hotter. But do you know what you’re signing up for?

You don't need to migrate those 300 dashboards

Real self-service means migrating logic, not dashboard UI.

The AI data sprawl

Nobody can trace it. The data team still owns the mess.

Introducing Evals

Measure Hex Agent performance and test context changes safely before they ship, all from the CLI.

Trust used to be implied

Evals aren't just how you fix your agent — they're how you convince people to trust it.

Accuracy and AI analytics: How the best data teams obsess over context

AI analytics depends on context for trusted answers. Here's how data teams at Ramp, Underdog, and Hover build and manage that context with Hex.

The life and times of data teams in the AI era

When everyone is a data person, what does it mean to be a data team?

Kimi K2.7 in Hex: near-frontier analytics at a fraction of the cost

Open models have finally caught up to their closed counterparts

Fed for a day

AI didn't change who's hungry, just who gets to fish.

Are Semantic Layers the Cornerstone for AI Analytics?

Are they the secret to trusted, accurate answers from data? The people selling them would certainly say so

Tactics for credit efficiency in Hex

Practical recommendations from Katie Bauer, Hex's Head of Data, for efficient AI usage across your workspace.

Your code knows things your warehouse doesn't

Expand the agent's context with your repos and unlock answers only engineers had before

Introducing Generative Data Apps

Code gen 🤝🏼 Hex’s governed platform = build whatever you want

Hex in the Wild: April 2026 spotlights

Real data, real people, real impact — all built with Hex.

We automated data validation — here's how we did it

Our team's journey to building an AI audit agent