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Hex blog post by CEO Barry McCardel announcing Hex 4.0, a from-scratch agent-native rewrite, and a $100M round at a $1.2B valuation led by Peak XV and 137 Ventures.

What HN thinks

$100M raised, scroll-jacking intact, and half the thread asking whether Claude already ate the BI market.

Landing page is a broken mess
Many found the new site laggy, overlapping and scroll-hijacking, with flashy AI-style design and little clear explanation of the product.
Happy users praise the agent
Several users call Hex a favourite BI tool, and OpenRouter says its agent lets a single data person cover most analytics.
AI threatens BI tools themselves
Others argue Claude plus skills, Marimo or Metabase already replace Hex, and that the push into AI makes the product harder to maintain and justify.

Consensus: There is no consensus on Hex itself, but most agree the redesigned landing page is hard to use and that AI agents are reshaping the BI market.

Recommended in the comments

marimo ↗ (library): One user said it makes Hex obsolete, and marimohub allows self-hosted sharing with non-coders.
Metabase (product): Self-hosted Metabase CLI paired with Claude produces dashboards quickly for users of any skill level.
Claude (service): Some teams have replaced Hex with Claude plus skills.
DB Pro ↗ (product): Offered by its maker as a simpler alternative, though a commenter noted it lacks Python notebooks.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 1 day ago.

Points: 64
Comments: 47
Best rank: #17
Posted: 2026-10-27 by tomwphillips
Category: Startups business

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