KX is a privately owned software company that sells the time series database kdb+, used for financial modeling and data analysis, and its associated proprietary programming language q. It was founded in 1993 by Janet Lustgarten and Arthur Whitney, the developer of the K programming language. In 2014 First Derivatives increased its ownership interest to 65 percent, and in 2018 the company, now FD Technologies plc, announced plans to buy out the remaining shares of KX. KX has offices in New York City, London, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
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1993 in Palo Alto, California
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It was founded in 1993 by Janet Lustgarten and Arthur Whitney, the developer of the K programming language.
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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.
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