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Experience true self-serve analytics to drive your decisions. Bridge the gap between speed and trust with runQL's data analyst processes and AI.

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Problem

You can't get data insights fast enough.

Slow Dashboards

They’re slow to build, hard to change, and never show the full picture. By the time they’re done, the moment’s passed.

Request Backlog

Your data team is backlogged leaving key business decisions on hold, causing missed revenue and efficiency opportunities.

Market Pressure

The market is moving faster than ever and there's no pause button. You need fast data-driven decisions to remain competitive.

Solution

We help you get fast, trusted insights.

Instant Answers

Dashboards are slow, clunky, and never show exactly what you need. With RunQL, anyone can ask a question in plain English and get answers in seconds. No training. No waiting.

Unblock The Business

Every unanswered question is a missed opportunity. RunQL gives teams instant access to verified answers powered by your data team, AI, and our automated semantic layer.

Accelerate

When competitors are moving fast, lack of clarity is the enemy. RunQL gives your team the clarity to act quickly and the consistency to act together, so you can get ahead in the market.

Product

Built for real-time answers. Powered by Trust.

Instant Answers Chat

Business users get answers right where they work - no training, no waiting. Ask questions in plain language via Chat inside Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chrome Extension, or runQL Chat, and get instant, trusted insights. Just ask and go.


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Analyst Studio

A purpose-built data analyst IDE for ad-hoc request workflows that supports AI suggestions, writing, documenting, and sharing SQL. With automatically generated semantic descriptions and synthetic data from your schema or automatic updates from dbt, data analysts will spend less time documenting. SQL databases and modern cloud data warehouses are supported - so analysts can move fast, stay in flow, and share answers at scale.


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runQL Engine

RunQL’s Trust Layer Engine keeps insights fast and reliable. With built-in governance, version control, and fine-tuned AI assistance, teams can confidently scale self-serve data without sacrificing accuracy. You stay in control of how AI supports your organization - every step of the way.


  • Process Management
  • Governance
  • Security
  • Accuracy
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Thinking Different

Others solve for speed, we solve for speed and accuracy.

Basic Wrapper Approach
  • LLM
  • Wrapper App
Average Accuracy1
16%
Accessible Data
All
Solutions
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Context + GraphRAG
  • LLM
  • Data/Schema Catalog
  • GraphRAG
Average Accuracy1
54%
Accessible Data
Limited to Catalog Defined Only
Solutions
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Semantic Layer Assisted
  • LLM
  • Semantic Layer
Accuracy2
~90%
Accessible Data
Limited to Semantic Defined Only
Solutions
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Full Stack AI Analytics
  • LLM
  • Semantic Layer
  • Data/Schema Catalog
  • Query Metadata
  • HITL
Accuracy3
Up to 100%
Accessible Data
Semantic Defined + All
Solutions
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1 Average Accuracy on Enterprise Data is based on the Data.World study here.
2 Based on Snowflake Cortex Analyst post here.
3 You can achieve 100% with runQL controls and HITL processes. Learn more here.

About Us

We're obsessed with how people talk to data and how it talks back.

We’ve built companies and data teams, worked as developers and data analysts, and we're on a mission to remove the bottlenecks to data insights.

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Rob Darling, Founder & CEO

Rob has founded and sold two SaaS companies and has been responsible for BI and data teams. Previous to runQL Rob was:

  • Founder & CEO, briefed.in (acquired 2022)
  • Chief Strategy Officer, Athena Software (acquired 2021)
  • CTO, Communitech (built the data team)
  • Co-Founder & CEO, LaunchSpot (acquired 2017)
  • Director of Enterprise Architecture, Manulife (responsible for BI)
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Kris Braun, CTO

Kris has been a VP & CTO in early stage and scaling tech companies. Previous to runQL Kris was:

  • CTO, Collide
  • Senior Product Manager, Google
  • VP Engineering, Bonfire Interactive
  • Threat Operations Manager, Sophos
  • Engine Team Lead, Fortinet
  • Software Developer, Blackberry
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Emily Chalmers, Software Engineer

Emily is a Software Engineer and Data Engineer who loves the challenge of solving complex data challenges. Previous to runQL Emily was:

  • Data Analytics Engineer, TinyEYE
  • Data Engineer, Communitech
  • Software Developer, Sherpa Marketing
  • Software Developer, Mafna Air Technologies
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Brandon Noad, SR Software Engineer

Brandon is a SR Software Engineer who was the first software development hire at a YC backed startup that was acquired in 2018:

  • Staff Software Developer, Bonfire Interactive
  • Software Developer, Bonfire Interactive (acquired 2018)
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John Clark, Advisor

John is a Software Engineer who is a technology advisor for runQL. Previously John was:

  • Lead Software Engineer, briefed.in (acq 2022)
  • Freelance Software Engineer, Crackle Cat Inc.
  • Co-Founder, LaunchSpot (acquired 2017)
  • Software Developer, Quarry Communications

Stuck in data limbo? Let’s fix that.

We help companies get answers faster in a natural way—without the dashboard drag or endless backlogs.


Prefer email? Reach us at: info[at]runQL.com