Posit Software, PBC

Posit Software, PBC is an open-source data science software company founded in 2009 as RStudio and since rebranded as Posit. It builds software for individuals, teams, and organizations to understand data and make better decisions, with technical work spanning open-source data science tooling, data analysis and reproducibility, scientific research software, technical communication, and human-AI collaboration. More than half of the company's engineering effort is devoted to free and open-source software.

The company's software is used across aerospace, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail, healthcare, scientific research, education, and data science. Posit reports more than 10,000 customers and says it is trusted by 52 of the Fortune 100, with named customers including NASA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson.

Posit is a Public Benefit Corporation with its mission written into its corporate charter, and is a Certified B Corp. Its stated positions include the belief that analyses must be correct, transparent, and reproducible, and that the best analyses require humans and AI to work together. The company describes its culture as built on openness, generosity, and positivity, with investment in open-source development, education, and community.

Posit states that it is profitable and independent, with a sustainable business model and a long-term orientation that includes the goal of serving knowledge creators a century from now.