ThoughtSpot
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| Formerly | Scaligent Inc. |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Analytics, Business intelligence |
| Founded | 2012 in Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Founders | Ajeet Singh Amit Prakash |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California |
Number of locations | 9 |
Key people | Ajeet Singh (Co-founder and chairman), Amit Prakash (Co-founder), Ketan Karkhanis (CEO) |
| Revenue | $100.2 Million (2019) |
Number of employees | 600 |
| Website | http://thoughtspot.com |
ThoughtSpot, Inc. is a tech firm focused on developing search-based business intelligence analytics software. Established in 2012 in Mountain View, California, by entrepreneurs Ajeet Singh and Amit Prakash, the company provides enterprises across various sectors with tools to derive insights through search-driven analytics.
Employing roughly 600 staff members distributed among nine international offices, ThoughtSpot has carved out a strong position within the analytics sector. Its business approach centers on offering scalable and intuitive analytics platforms designed to improve decision-making capabilities. In 2019, the company generated $100.2 million in revenue, demonstrating robust financial growth.
Leadership includes CEO Ketan Karkhanis, who oversees strategic initiatives aimed at broadening ThoughtSpot’s global footprint and market presence. The organization has completed multiple funding rounds to fuel product innovation and expansion efforts, solidifying its standing in the competitive business intelligence landscape.
History
ThoughtSpot was initiated in 2012 by Ajeet Singh—also a co-founder of Nutanix—and Amit Prakash, who previously worked on Google’s machine learning Ads team as CTO. That same year, the company secured $10.7 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. In 2014, it obtained $30 million through a Series B round backed by Khosla Ventures.
By 2016, ThoughtSpot had established a presence in London and experienced an 810% increase in revenue year-over-year. The company raised $50 million in Series C financing led by General Catalyst, with additional investment from Hewlett Packard Pathfinder enabling software sales on Hewlett Packard Enterprise platforms.
In May 2018, ThoughtSpot completed a $145 million Series D round involving Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst, achieving a valuation surpassing $1 billion. Later that year in August, Sudheesh Nair—former President of Nutanix—was named CEO.
The headquarters moved from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale in March 2019. By August 2019, the firm raised $248 million during its Series E round from investors including Silver Lake, Sapphire Ventures, and Geodesic Capital. Approaching 2020, ThoughtSpot reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue while expanding its executive team in preparation for a potential public offering.
In November 2021, following its transition to cloud-based services, ThoughtSpot secured $100 million in Series F funding at a valuation of $4.2 billion.
Key strategic collaborations feature a March 2021 partnership with Indian IT corporation Tech Mahindra alongside a $20 million investment from Snowflake Ventures. That month also marked ThoughtSpot’s inaugural acquisition of SeekWell—a SQL-focused analytics startup—for $20 million. Subsequently, in May 2021, it acquired Diyotta, a data integration enterprise.
On June 26, 2023, ThoughtSpot expanded further by acquiring Mode Analytics—a business intelligence startup—for $200 million paid in cash and stock.
On September 27, 2024, Ketan Karkhanis—previously Executive Vice President and General Manager of Salesforce’s Sales Cloud—was appointed as the company’s new CEO.
Technology
ThoughtSpot empowers users without technical expertise to conduct self-service data analysis via a search-driven interface. In 2019, the company introduced ThoughtSpot Monitor as part of ThoughtSpot 6, a feature designed to detect evolving data trends and anomalies. Its software suite also includes SpotApps, which are connectors developed to seamlessly link with a variety of cloud platforms.
The solution processes information from sources such as Snowflake and Databricks, while offering compatibility with leading cloud service providers like Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. Furthermore, it delivers a tailored analytics solution specifically for Google's BigQuery data warehouse. By February 2021, ThoughtSpot was actively working on integrations with Microsoft Azure through a collaborative partnership with Microsoft.
Moreover, ThoughtSpot supplies tools for creating interactive, self-service analytics applications, aligning with its objective to broaden market penetration by addressing the varied requirements of enterprises worldwide.