Posit Software, PBC

Posit Software, PBC is an open-source data science company founded in 2009. Formerly known as RStudio, it builds software for individuals, teams and organisations seeking to understand data and make better decisions. Its tools span data analysis, scientific research, technical communication, reproducible analytics and human-AI collaboration, and it operates in the data science, enterprise software and open-source software sectors.

The company's software is trusted by 52 of the Fortune 100 and by more than 10,000 customers in total. Named clients include NASA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Walmart and Johnson & Johnson. Posit describes its products as open-source tools for data science, scientific research and technical communication, delivered for both individual practitioners and large organisations.

Posit is a Public Benefit Corporation, with its mission written into its corporate charter, and is a Certified B Corp. It reports devoting more than 50% of its engineering effort to free and open-source software while remaining profitable and independent. The company states that analyses must be correct, transparent and reproducible, that the best work comes from humans and AI working together, and that it aims to serve knowledge creators a century hence.