Posit PBC, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, founded in 2009, operates with approximately 370 employees, specializing in software development as an open-source data science company.
On April 1, 2026, Posit opened registration for posit::conf(2026), scheduled to take place from September 14–16, allowing participants to join the global data community in Houston or virtually. Previously, on March 27, Posit's AI Newsletter provided a timeline detailing the company's perspective on coding agents for data science, noting its publication was prepared in advance due to a website migration. This followed the March 17 announcement of keynote speakers for posit::conf(2026), an event framed around addressing the inherent challenges of data science, such as handling large datasets and navigating the AI landscape to deliver clarity.