Narrative Science

Acquired

Turning data into stories, automatically.

Chicago, United States · Founded 2010 · $38.5M raised

Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Employees
51–200
Founded
2010
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$38.5M
Last Round
$11.0M Series DApr 2017
Rounds
4
Acquisition Date
Nov 2021

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Narrative Science was a Chicago-based natural language generation (NLG) company that built AI software to automatically transform data into written narratives. Its flagship products — Quill and Lexio — enabled enterprises to generate data-driven stories from analytics at scale, making complex data accessible to non-technical business users. The company served clients in finance, healthcare, and insurance before being acquired by Salesforce in December 2021 and integrated into the Tableau team to enhance automated data explanation capabilities.

Summary

Narrative Science is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Chicago, United States, founded in 2010. It has raised $38.5M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $11.0M Series D round in Apr 2017.

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Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionNov 2021

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Funding: Series A through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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