Metabase, an open-source business intelligence tool, was unveiled in 2015 with the aim of providing an easy-to-install and user-friendly solution for companies seeking to enable non-technical employees to access and utilize company data. Faced with the challenge of existing BI tools that were either overly complex or prohibitively expensive, Metabase set out to offer an alternative that could be installed in five minutes and integrated smoothly with modern deployment patterns. Developed initially for use with companies in the Expa portfolio and other select businesses, Metabase has been refined through over a year of production use, focusing on making data accessible and actionable for all employees without requiring specialized expertise. The team emphasizes the advantages of their open-source approach, encouraging companies to stop paying for basic BI solutions and instead adopt Metabase to empower their workforce with data-driven insights.