Nexla Launches Express to Simplify Data Engineering and Introduce Conversational AI

Data integration platform provider Nexla has unveiled Express, a conversational data engineering platform designed to empower anyone to work with data effortlessly.

The launch of Express addresses what Nexla identifies as a critical bottleneck in AI applications: the complex and time-consuming process of preparing and integrating data from multiple sources to create contextual inputs for AI systems.

The new offering introduces an agent-based AI framework capable of interpreting user intent, locating relevant data sources, and automatically connecting, transforming, and preparing data for immediate use. With an emphasis on simplicity, users can simply describe their needs in plain language—for example, “Pull customer data from Salesforce and combine it with Google Analytics to build a data product”—and Express will autonomously locate, connect, and ready the appropriate datasets.

“Now, anyone who knows the outcome they want can reliably engineer data through conversation and get what they need in minutes,” said Saket Saurabh, co-founder and CEO. “This is about transforming data engineering into context engineering.”

By eliminating lengthy delays that traditionally hinder innovation, Express enables teams across functions to succeed with data. Analysts can build cross-source customer dashboards in minutes instead of days; AI engineers can enrich contextual inputs by seamlessly integrating databases, APIs, documents, and multimedia to power AI assistants and workflows; and claims processing teams can instantly convert claim and policy documents into structured data for analysis and risk assessment.

Marketing managers can directly link campaign platforms to sales data to measure ROI in real time, while operations managers can independently aggregate logistics data from multiple vendors without relying on custom integrations.

Nexla emphasizes that Express enables developers, analysts, and business users alike to build secure, production-ready data pipelines in minutes—no coding required. This democratizes data access across organizations at a time when speed, security, and compliance are more critical than ever.

Nexla is a venture-backed startup that has raised $33.5 million across three funding rounds. Its investors include Shield Capital Partners, Blumberg Capital, Engineering Capital, Storm Ventures LP, Industry Ventures, and Liberty Global Ventures.