Launching today
Dex
Ask your data. Get answers and next steps.
279 followers
Ask your data. Get answers and next steps.
279 followers
Dex is an AI data analyst for founders. Connect your databases, spreadsheets, or BI tools, ask questions in plain English, and get instant answers with recommended next steps based on your data.
Afriex
Hi everyone I’m Tope, founder of Dex.
Dex helps teams get instant answers and actionable insights from their data without writing SQL or waiting hours/days on an analyst. You just ask questions in plain English and Dex instantly gives you the answer.
The Problem We Noticed
In order to get the data they need, most people have to either write complicated sql queries or wait for a specialized data engineer. The data engineer has a backlog and is constantly swamped, meanwhile the non-technical person needs this data in order to make a decision. Thus, making data a huge bottleneck for making these critical decisions.
How Dex Solves This
Dex is an AI agent that can automatically write sql directly on your database and visualize the results in seconds. It’s fast, it’s accurate and every number comes straight from the source of truth. You can even inspect the exact query Dex ran, so you always know where the numbers came from.
Dex connects securely to your:
✅ Postgres,
✅ Mongodb
✅ Snowflake instance.
✅ Google sheets
✅ Shopify
✅ Stripe
✅ and more
You can also upload spreadsheets as a data source. Once connected, you can ask questions either on the Dex web app or in Slack.
We’d love to get your feedback on what we’ve built.
Visit dexdata.ai to get started today
Or join our slack community
Huge shoutout to the amazing team who helped make this possible:
@owusu_samuel
@the_real_agboola
@hameed13
@hassan0x
This is great! What's the reason behind the name Dex? Congrats on the launch,@topealabi_ !
Afriex
@neilverma Dex is short for index as in database index... 'Dex' felt a bit more personable
How does Dex ensure the security and privacy of sensitive database credentials while performing cross-source joins between disparate tools like SQL databases and spreadsheets?
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@mordrag
Security and privacy are core to Dex’s architecture. Credentials are end-to-end encrypted using industry-standard practices and are never exposed to the AI layer. Dex only accesses schema metadata to understand structure, while credentials are decrypted temporarily at execution time to run queries.
We also implement multiple guardrails and validation layers to prevent unsafe queries or sensitive data exposure, and users have granular control to enable or disable specific tables and fields the AI can access.
Afriex
@jay_song_dev Hi Jay yes we do support scheduled insights and reports sent to a sent to your slack DM as often as you would like it. Just ask Dex on slack
This is really cool. The "inspect the exact query" part is what sets this apart imo. Most AI-to-SQL tools I've tried just give you the answer with no way to verify the logic, which is a dealbreaker when you're making business decisions off the data. Being able to see what Dex actually ran is huge for trust.
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@mihir_kanzariya Thanks for the feedback, Mihir. Dex provides an avenue for technical reviews on each query by technical users.
Hey
Just wondering why it is called Dex?
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@vadym_pavlenko Hi Vadym, Dex is short for Index.
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@vadym_pavlenko Hi Vadym, Dex comes from index. An index organizes information so it’s easy to find and use. Dex is the shorter, faster version of that idea.
Ican use postgresql mcp server, google docs mcp. There are a lot of tools for Claude, so I can just ask it a question. What makes you better then simple claude client?
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@valentina_konuhova Hi Valentina, Dex has several features that distinguish it from other products. It allows users to communicate with multiple data sources from a single interface, making data access and analysis much simpler. With Dex’s Slack integration, teams can interact with all their connected databases directly within Slack, enabling faster collaboration and faster decision-making. Dex also supports scheduled insights and reports, which can be automatically delivered to users via email or Slack, ensuring teams stay informed without needing to manually check dashboards.
@topealabi_ Cool product! How do you measure the quality or confidence of the structured data outputs?
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@damian_quiroga
Appreciate that Damian!
We don’t just let the AI wing it every query goes through a pipeline that ensures it only pulls from real fields and tables in your database. Low-confidence or ambiguous outputs are flagged for follow-up, and the system can ask for clarification when needed. On top of that, we benchmark performance against public datasets (bridsql -minidev) with predefined queries to objectively measure accuracy. This approach ensures our outputs are both reliable and correct.