Civis Analytics
Data science firm building voter, donor, and consumer analytics tools for political and corporate clients.
On the record
Checkpoint: 2026 US midterm election cycle political and nonprofit spending
The call
Civis holds onto niche political and donor data work while its headcount shrinks and generic AI tools absorb the consulting work that once paid the bills.
Civis Analytics helps political campaigns and nonprofits find and understand voters using data analysis and custom software. The company's main strength is that it has built up a private list of voter and donor information over ten years, and big clients like the League of Conservation Voters have stayed loyal since 2015. However, new AI tools from Alteryx, Databricks, and Claude are making it much faster and cheaper to do the same kind of data work that used to require Civis consultants to write custom code and build dashboards. The real test is whether Civis can convert its federal security certification (FedRAMP Moderate) into locked-in government contracts before the company runs out of money: it has not raised capital in nearly five years, lost 78 percent of its staff since 2021, and faces a larger, better-funded rival named Palantir that already has FedRAMP High clearance and works with federal agencies.
Why
01
AI pressure: Alteryx Copilot, Databricks Genie, Claude. Generic AI copilots now write the SQL and build the dashboards that used to be billable Civis consulting hours. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.
02
Bigger players: Palantir Technologies. Palantir holds FedRAMP High and federal scale; Civis just earned FedRAMP Moderate with no verified government wins yet. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. Proprietary voter and donor identity data plus long client relationships like LCV, running since 2015.
What would change this call
Civis announces new funding round, acquisition, or sale within 6 months. Would show whether the company can sustain operations or is being absorbed.
Headcount at Civis stabilizes or grows for 2+ consecutive quarters. Would show the shrinkage has bottomed out and hiring is resuming.
Civis publishes or confirms audited revenue figures matching or contradicting $42M estimate. Would show whether reported growth is real or a stale/inflated estimate.
Headcount at Civis stabilizes or grows for 2+ consecutive quarters. Would show the shrinkage has bottomed out and hiring is resuming.
Civis publishes or confirms audited revenue figures matching or contradicting $42M estimate. Would show whether reported growth is real or a stale/inflated estimate.
Key numbers
- Headcount fell from ~195 to 43 employees
- No new funding round in 58 months
- Revenue estimated at $42M, unverified by company
Named risks
- No new funding raised in 58 months as of June 2026, leaving the company capital starved.
- Headcount collapsed nearly 78% from 2021 peak to 43 employees by June 2026.
- Core SQL, pipeline, and dashboard services being commoditized by generic AI copilots from Alteryx, Databricks, and Snowflake.
- Revenue figures are third party estimates only, not audited or company disclosed, creating uncertainty about actual financial health.
- Heavy reliance on nonprofit and political clients makes revenue sensitive to US election cycles and philanthropic funding swings.
Rivals, as read in July 2026
| Rival | Direction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alteryx | losing to | Alteryx launched Copilot and GenAI tools Dec 2025, holds 3.8% mindshare vs Civis 0.4% as of May 2026 |
| Palantir Technologies | losing to | Palantir holds FedRAMP High authorization since Dec 2024, far larger federal incumbent scale vs Civis's FedRAMP Moderate July 2025 |
| Databricks Genie | losing to | Native AI query tools commoditize the pipeline and SQL work that historically funded Civis consulting revenue |
| Snowflake | losing to | Native AI analytics features overlap directly with Civis Platform capabilities as of 2026 |
| Catalist and TargetSmart | contesting | Political and nonprofit data rivals competing for same niche voter and donor data client base |
Questions people ask
- Is Civis Analytics profitable in 2026?
- Civis reported its first annual profit in 2020, but no audited financials have been disclosed since. Third party estimates put 2026 revenue near $42M, up from $12.9M in Dec 2023, though these figures are unverified snapshots, not company disclosed results.
- Has Civis Analytics had layoffs?
- Yes. Headcount fell from a 2021 peak of roughly 186 to 195 employees to about 43 by June 2026 per Crustdata, a decline of nearly 78 percent. Glassdoor and Blind reviews describe multiple layoff rounds in 2022 and 2023 and high turnover.
- Could AI replace Civis Analytics?
- Much of Civis's traditional consulting work, SQL writing, pipeline building, and dashboarding, overlaps with commodity AI copilots like Alteryx Copilot launched Dec 2025 and Databricks Genie. Civis has responded by embedding Claude and Meta Llama 4 into its own platform rather than building a proprietary model.
- Who owns Civis Analytics?
- Civis Analytics is privately held with no single parent. Cap table includes Eric Schmidt, its first outside backer in 2013, plus Drive Capital, Verizon Ventures, WPP, Silicon Valley Bank, and Alumni Ventures. No funding round has occurred since the Sept 2021 Series B.
- Who is Civis Analytics's biggest competitor?
- Alteryx is the closest direct rival by product comparison, holding 3.8 percent mindshare in PeerSpot's May 2026 Data Science Platforms ranking versus Civis Platform's 0.4 percent. Palantir Technologies, with FedRAMP High authorization, looms as a far larger federal incumbent.
- Has Civis Analytics raised new funding recently?
- No. Civis's last disclosed funding was a $30.7M Series B led by Verizon Ventures, SVB, Drive Capital, and Eric Schmidt in September 2021. As of June 2026, 58 months had passed with no new capital raised.
Timeline
- 2026-07-14Partnered with Anthropic Claude for nonprofit fundraising analytics webinar with CEO Dan Wagner
- 2026-06-23Crustdata reports headcount at 43, only 1 open job, Growth Score 34/100
- 2026-05-31PeerSpot mindshare: Civis Platform at 0.4%, Alteryx at 3.8%, down from 6.1% YoY
- 2025-11-01Launched Civis Studio AI-aware IDE and Civis MCP Server integration
- 2025-10-07Achieved AWS Generative AI Competency
- 2025-07-28Achieved FedRAMP Moderate Authorization
- 2025-07-01Added Meta Llama 4 models to Civis AI: Core
- 2025-03-01Launched SQL AI Assist for AI-assisted query writing
- 2024-10-01Launched Civis AI suite embedding LLMs into the platform with a free tier
- 2021-09-27Raised $30.7M Series B led by Verizon Ventures, SVB, Drive Capital, and Eric Schmidt
Revision history
21 July 2026
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- Civis Analytics (2026-03-26)
- Civis Analytics - Headcount, Funding & Open Jobs (2026-06-23)
- Civis Analytics Raises $22 Million Series A (2016-11-30)
- Civis Analytics Raises $30.7 Million in Series B Funding (2021-09-27)
- Civis Analytics Stock Price, Funding, Valuation (2021-09-26)
- Civis Analytics Revenue 2024 (2024-12-19)
- Civis Analytics Raises $30.7M Series B (2025-04-08)
- Civis Platform Helps LCV
- Civis Achieves the AWS Generative AI Competency (2025-10-07)
- Civis Achieves FedRAMP Moderate Authorization (2025-07-28)
- Civis Platform Release Notes 2024 (2025-10-14)
- Civis Platform Release Notes 2025 (2026-03-24)