A visual analytics platform facilitating user data exploration and management, accelerating the discovery process and information sharing.
Tableau was founded in 2003 as a result of a computer science project at Stanford that aimed to improve the flow of analysis and make data more accessible to people through visualization. Co-founders Chris Stolte, Pat Hanrahan, and Christian Chabot developed and patented Tableau's core technology, VizQL, which visually expresses data by translating drag-and-drop actions into data queries through an intuitive interface. Since its founding, Tableau has continuously invested in research and development at an unparalleled pace, developing solutions to help anyone working with data get faster answers and uncover unforeseen insights.
This includes making machine learning, statistics, natural language, and smart data preparation more useful to enhance human creativity in analysis. In this regard, Tableau not only offers a complete and integrated analytical platform but also proven enablement resources to help customers deploy and scale a data-driven culture that drives resilience and value through powerful results.
In 2019, Tableau was acquired by Salesforce, and its mission remains the same: to help people see and understand their data. Today, organizations everywhere – from non-profits to global enterprises, and across all industries and departments – are empowering their people with the platform to drive change with data.