Open-source analytics software for data engineering and transformation. dbt Labs, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Philadelphia, is a privately held software company best known for creating dbt (data build tool), a leading open-source analytics engineering framework. dbt empowers data teams to transform, test, document, and deploy workflows using familiar SQL and software engineering practices. Its commercial offering, dbt Cloud, includes a web-based IDE, job scheduling, collaboration, and observability tools. Tens of thousands of teams globally use dbt to turn raw data into trusted, governed, and AI-ready datasets in modern data warehouses. With a focus on modularity, transparency, and community-driven development, dbt Labs enables analysts and engineers to efficiently collaborate and build scalable, high-quality data pipelines. The company employs approximately 700 people.