According to a recent LinkedIn post from Hex, the company’s latest State of Data Teams survey suggests that 58% of data teams were expanding at the end of 2025, while the share of shrinking teams declined from 9% to 4%. The post links this trend to accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence, arguing that organizations increasingly view human data expertise as complementary to AI rather than replaceable by it.
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The post emphasizes that skilled data professionals are needed to govern, interpret, and operationalize AI systems, positioning AI as an amplifier of data talent. For investors, this perspective implies sustained or rising demand for data and analytics infrastructure, and suggests that vendors such as Hex that cater to modern data teams could benefit from AI-driven budget expansion across analytics and decision-intelligence tools.
The post further implies that companies simultaneously investing in AI and data talent may achieve competitive advantages in execution and insight generation. If this dynamic persists, Hex could see tailwinds in customer growth and seat expansion, particularly among enterprises prioritizing governed, interpretable AI workflows, although the survey figures themselves do not provide direct visibility into Hex’s own revenue trajectory.