Nx is a company.
Nx has raised $25.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Nx.
Nx has raised $25.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Nx.
Nx has raised $25.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Nx's investors include 20VC, Albion VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Core Innnovation Capital, DFJ, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Global Founders Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Okta Ventures, Pear VC, Redpoint Ventures.
Nx is an open-source, technology-agnostic build platform designed to manage codebases of any scale, from single projects to large enterprise monorepos, by optimizing builds, CI/CD pipelines, and developer workflows.[1][8] It serves software development teams and enterprises facing productivity bottlenecks like slow builds, flaky CI, and complex code sharing, solving these through a Rust-based task runner (Nx Core) that creates a knowledge graph of project dependencies for efficient task execution across stacks like TypeScript, Java, or custom needs.[1] Nx offers incremental extensibility with Nx Cloud for remote caching and AI-powered CI self-healing, Nx Console for editor integration, and plugins for tech-specific automation, enabling teams to "develop like an enterprise, deliver like a startup" with reported gains like 70% faster CI, 60% less compute, and 75% infrastructure cost reductions.[2][1]
As a portfolio company in the devtools space, Nx powers millions of developers, OSS projects, and Fortune 500s, with strong growth via enterprise offerings like Nx Cloud for distributed execution, conformance enforcement, and security in regulated industries.[2][3]
Nx was founded in 2016 by former Googlers Jeff Cross and Victor Savkin, who leveraged their experience to build tools addressing monorepo-scale challenges in growing codebases.[3] The idea emerged from real-world pain points at Google and beyond: as teams scale, build times balloon, CI flakes, and code sharing complicates—Nx started as a solution to streamline the full dev cycle from feature start to green PR.[1][8] Early traction came from open-sourcing the core platform, quickly adopted for its speed in NPM workspaces and beyond, evolving into a full suite with Nx Cloud, Console, and enterprise features by helping global enterprises optimize CI since inception.[1][2][3] Pivotal moments include building a distributed team across USA, Canada, UK, and Europe, and earning trust from leaders like OSS projects and Fortune 500s.[3]
Nx stands out in the devtools landscape through these key strengths:
Nx rides the monorepo and devex optimization wave, critical as codebases explode in AI/ML, microservices, and distributed teams—timing aligns with Rust's rise for perf-critical tools and AI integration in CI.[1][2][8] Market forces like rising compute costs, flaky CI in large repos, and developer burnout favor Nx, which reclaims productivity (e.g., no more hours-long PR waits) while cutting infra by 60-75%.[2] It influences the ecosystem by powering OSS/Fortune 500s, setting standards for intelligent caching/self-healing, and enabling "smart repos" that let devs code while AI/agents handle toil—amplifying trends toward agentic dev platforms.[3][8]
Nx is poised to dominate as AI agents and massive monorepos proliferate, with next steps likely deepening AI (e.g., expanded self-healing, MCP for coding assistants) and enterprise conformance for regulated sectors.[1][2] Trends like edge compute, multi-cloud CI, and Rust-native tools will propel it, potentially evolving into a full dev platform orchestrator. Its open-core model ensures widening influence, turning dev friction into speed—echoing its core promise: from editor to green PR, faster than ever.[1][8]
Nx has raised $25.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $16.0M Series A in September 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2023 | $16.0M Series A | 20VC, Albion VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Core Innnovation Capital, DFJ, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Global Founders Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Okta Ventures, Pear VC, Redpoint Ventures, Stride VC, Ulu Ventures, Uncork Capital, Matt Garratt, Akshay Kothari, Girish Mathrubootham, Moshe Lifschitz, Thomas Noonan | |
| Nov 1, 2022 | $9.0M Seed | 20VC, Albion VC, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Core Innnovation Capital, DFJ, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Global Founders Capital, Next47, Nexus Venture Partners, Okta Ventures, Pear VC, Preston-Werner Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, RTP Global, Stride VC, The Hit Forge, Ulu Ventures, Uncork Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Matt Garratt, Akshay Kothari, Ameet Patel, Augusto Marietti, Charlie Songhurst, David Mytton, Girish Mathrubootham, Moshe Lifschitz, Spencer Kimball, Thomas Noonan, Tobias Lutke, Zack Kanter |
