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We favor a human-in-the-loop approach where AI assists users, and is supervised by users, rather than automating decision-making.

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Observable Canvases make data analysis visual, and that’s exactly what’s needed to see through AI’s lies and harness it safely.

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Observable offers a more flexible two-dimensional way of working, built-in real-time collaboration, and powerful visualization tools.

Why choose Observable over legacy business intelligence software?

A new way to explore, visualize, and collaborate with data — all in one shared canvas.

Introducing Observable Canvases

A look back at 2024 in 24 insights, from our Insight conference to many amazing data apps built by our community, and a look at our own data

Observable Wrapped: 24 insights from 2024

Observable introduces a new open-source static site generator for creating fast, beautiful data apps, dashboards, and reports.

Observable 2.0

2022 was quite a year - both challenging and inspirational! We continue to be inspired by the amazing work and generosity of Observable's vast community of contributors.

2022 Observable Retrospective

Input from community creators and members like you is what drives us to continually evolve Observable and we sincerely thank you for all of the incredible feedback over the past year. 

2021 retrospective

We know how challenging it is to work with data. Data is overwhelming for all of us. Making sense of it is the biggest issue facing our connected world. In order to meet that challenge, Observable has been designed to empower people to code, collaborate, and share insights with the world.

Why we're building Observable

Observable is here to help you use data to think. Join our community of people helping each other on their data exploration journey.

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