What DataChat does

DataChat, Inc. was a Wisconsin-based, privately-held software company founded in 2017 as a spin-out from the University of Wisconsin, headquartered in Madison with a headcount in the 11–50 range. The company built a conversational intelligence platform that applied natural language processing and generative AI to structured business data, enabling non-technical business users to self-serve complex data analysis through natural-language queries rather than relying on data teams or SQL. Its underlying technology combined an NLP layer with agentic AI capabilities intended to automate data analysis workflows, reflecting both academic research lineage and NSF-supported early development.

The company operated a horizontal, product-led go-to-market model targeting enterprise business users across industries, monetizing the platform as a subscription-based SaaS analytics product. Pricing was not publicly disclosed. Over its independent life, DataChat secured approximately $30 million in cumulative funding, anchored by a $25 million Series A in September 2021 led by Redline Capital and Anthos Capital, with earlier support from Celesta Capital, Nepenthe Capital, the National Science Foundation, and gbeta.

In October 2025, DataChat was acquired by Mews, an Amsterdam-based hospitality operating system provider, as part of Mews's strategy to embed agentic AI into reservations, operations, and guest-experience workflows. Following the acquisition, DataChat ceased operating as an independent company and its technology is being integrated into Mews's hospitality platform.

Name

DataChat

Legal name

DataChat, Inc.

Website

https://datachat.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DataChat was a Wisconsin-based SaaS company, spun out of the University of Wisconsin in 2017, that built a conversational AI analytics platform enabling non-technical business users to self-serve complex data analysis via natural language. It was acquired by Mews in October 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conversational Analytics Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Query Engines & SQL Analytics Layers for Warehouses/Lakes (HDAEABAI)

Keywords

• Conversational analytics platform
• Natural language data analytics
• Self-service business intelligence
• AI-powered data analysis
• Data democratization tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Analytics Platform: DataChat operated as a data analytics software company offering its platform on a subscription basis, providing natural language-powered data analytics to business users

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

DataChat provides a conversational intelligence and analytics platform that allows non-technical business users to explore, analyze, cleanse, model, and visualize data by asking questions in plain English. The platform uses proprietary NLP, generative AI, and agentic AI to translate natural-language queries into the appropriate data operations, replacing the need for SQL or specialized data engineering skills.

Product overview

DataChat offered a unified data analytics platform centered on a conversational paradigm. The core product enabled business users to perform self-service complex data analysis through natural language processing, effectively democratizing data analytics by allowing non-technical users to query and analyze data through conversational interfaces. The platform was designed for data collection and analysis using natural language.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DataChat Conversational Analytics Platform

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MewscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Mews, a hospitality operating system provider, acquired DataChat in October 2025 to enhance its agentic hospitality systems. The acquisition aims to develop autonomous agents for reservations, operations, and guest experiences through DataChat's generative AI analytics platform and natural language processing capabilities

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tellius: AI-driven analytics platform combining natural language querying with autonomous insights. Comparable to DataChat in targeting self-service analytics via conversational interfaces.
• Akkio: Generative AI analytics platform aimed at business users for data analysis via natural language. Overlaps with DataChat's positioning around democratized conversational analytics.
• Sigma Computing: Cloud-native analytics platform with spreadsheet-style interface for business users. Comparable horizontal SaaS analytics play competing for the same self-service buyer.
• ThoughtSpot: AI-powered analytics platform using natural language search and AI to enable business users to query data. Closest direct competitor to DataChat's conversational analytics approach for non-technical users.
• Mode Analytics: Collaborative data analytics platform combining SQL, Python, and visual analysis for business and data teams. Overlaps with DataChat's analytics layer positioning.
• Domo: Cloud-based BI and analytics platform offering self-service data visualization and dashboards to business users. Competes in the same horizontal analytics category as DataChat.

Broad incumbents

• Sisense: Embedded analytics and BI platform serving enterprises and ISVs. Overlaps with DataChat's positioning around analytics for business users and product embedding.
• Tableau: Industry-leading BI and data visualization platform (now part of Salesforce) serving the same enterprise analytics buyer with broader scale and integration footprint than DataChat.
• Microsoft Power BI: Microsoft's flagship BI platform with deep Office/Azure integration and broad enterprise reach. Represents the dominant incumbent competing for the same self-service analytics budget.

Emerging players

• DataRobot: Enterprise AI/ML platform offering natural language interfaces for data analysis and model building. Adjacent AI/analytics positioning with overlapping conversational analytics features.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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