Our Story
Who we are, and how Knowi came about
Our culture
Flexible & understanding
Our team is based out of Oakland, CA. Everyone has the autonomy to build their own workday, because life happens and flexibility matters.
Growth & development
There is room to build a long-term career here, and we provide the tools and resources to support it.
Open & transparent
Everyone stays informed on the latest projects, and everyone's input is welcome regardless of title.
Helpful & supportive
As a member of the Knowi team, you will never have to figure it out alone.
An Oakland company
Knowi has been an Oakland company since day one. We believe #TownTech can be a model for diversity, inclusion, and civic responsibility, to the global community and the local one.
The companies we work with
Manufacturing, healthcare, telecom, media, e-commerce, and SaaS teams. In their words, not ours.
Questions about the company
What does Knowi do?
Knowi is an analytics and business intelligence platform that queries data where it already lives, across 70+ SQL, NoSQL, and API sources, rather than requiring it to be moved into a warehouse first. For the full argument and how it compares, see Why Knowi.
Where is Knowi based?
Knowi is headquartered at 1528 Webster Street, Oakland, California 94612. The team is based out of Oakland and has been an Oakland company since it started.
When was Knowi founded?
Knowi was founded in 2014 and has been headquartered in Oakland, California ever since.
Who founded Knowi?
Knowi was founded by Jay Gopalakrishnan, who serves as Chief Executive Officer.
What kinds of companies use Knowi?
Teams in manufacturing, healthcare, telecom and IoT, media, e-commerce, and SaaS, ranging from startups embedding analytics in their own product to enterprises unifying data across many systems. See the customer stories.
How do I get in touch about working at Knowi?
Email support@knowi.com. The team is based out of Oakland, California.
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Who we are and how Knowi came about
What makes Knowi different?
At Knowi, customer centricity is paramount. Everything we do revolves around solving real customer problems, not just delivering flashy visuals. That’s why we build BI solutions that simplify and streamline data handling at every stage.
Knowi is designed to connect across diverse data sources, visualize and analyze data, and leverage AI to drive smarter, faster data led decisions. Whether you’re dealing with complex enterprise needs or scaling as a startup, Knowi provides a reliable, scalable, and agile solution tailored to your needs.
We drive growth.
Together.
12,000+
Dashboards Created
7,600+
Queries Running
18,000+
Users
50,000+
Widgets Created
Hundreds of companies trust Knowi to unify their analytics
Our Culture
Flexible & Understanding
We are partially remote with office in Oakland, CA. Employees have the autonomy to build their workday. We understand life happens and flexibility is important.
Growth & Development
There's growth potential to develop your career in the long term. We provide the tools and resources to support you.
Open & Transparent
Everyone stays informed in all the latest projects, and everyone's inputs are welcome.
Helpful & Supportive
As a member of the Knowi team, you will never have to do it alone.
Jay Gopalakrishnan
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Levy
Chief Operations Officer
Sean Knight
Head of Growth
Manny Ezeagwula
Head of Customer Success
Anh Vo
Founding Engineer
Banh Mi
Chief Happiness Officer
An Oakland Company
Knowi has been an Oakland company since day one. We believe that #TownTech can be a model for diversity, inclusion, and civic responsibility–to the global community and the local one.
Blog Posts
Take a look at some of our recent blog posts here.
Best Customer-Facing Analytics Tools 2026
The best customer-facing analytics tools in 2026 are Looker, ThoughtSpot, Sisense, GoodData, Qrvey, Luzmo, Explo, Cube, and Knowi. The right pick…
Federated Analytics vs Data Warehouse
Whether to federate queries across live sources or centralize data in a warehouse first comes down to latency tolerance, join size, and compliance…
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question that isn't answered here? Hit the chat button in the bottom right and talk to one of our team members.
Some of our customers do deploy Knowi and Kibana together and use one or the other depending on the application. But the more common case is to use Knowi as a Kibana alternative. This is because it can duplicate the things Kibana does well, but can also do analytics with multiple databases and REST APIs.
Yes, we've got an AWS version in the works. Contact us at support@knowi.com and we will get you set up as one of our AWS-deployment early adopters.
Yes. Although the Type field in Elasticsearch is being depreciated. So we would recommend another approach.
Not sure how to move on from the Type field? Send us an email to support@knowi.com. We would love to help you come up with a solution.