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| Kx Systems | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Software & Tech Services |
| Founded | 1993 in Palo Alto, California |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 14 offices[1] (2018) |
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| Parent | FD Technologies plc |
| Website | kx |
KX is a privately owned software company that sells a time series database kdb+, used for financial modeling and data analysis, and its associated proprietary programming language q.[6][7]
It was founded in 1993 by Janet Lustgarten and Arthur Whitney,[8] the developer of the K programming language. In 2014, First Derivatives increased their ownership interest to 65 percent; in 2018, the company (now FD Technologies plc) announced plans to buy out the remaining shares of KX.[9] KX has offices in New York City, London, England, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.[1][10]
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