Case Study

Nexar Replaces Domo and Scales AI-powered Analytics with Athenic AI

Domo fully replaced. Direct BigQuery access. AI-powered analytics across every team.

100%

of Domo replaced

Instant

self-service answers across every team

Direct

BigQuery access — no data migration

“We replaced Domo and a data analyst with Athenic. Faster, cheaper, and better answers. We love working with the Athenic team, and they're always quick to take in our feedback.”

Rui Carneiro

Head of Data, Nexar

About the Customer

Nexar

Nexar is a fleet intelligence company building the connected vehicle data network for autonomous and human-driven vehicles. Headquartered in New York with its BI team in Porto, Portugal, Nexar serves fleets, insurers, automakers, and city municipalities.

As Nexar transitioned from a hardware and firmware business to a data-driven service model, demand for fast, trustworthy analytics outpaced what its legacy BI stack could deliver. Athenic AI now powers self-service analytics across every team, directly on top of Nexar's BigQuery warehouse.

Industry

Fleet Intelligence / Computer Vision

Location

New York, NY, USA (BI team in Porto, Portugal)

Customers

Fleets, insurers, automakers, and city municipalities

Challenge

Legacy BI Blocking a Fast-Moving Data Company

Nexar's BI team functioned as internal consultants, fielding ad-hoc requests from marketing, firmware, product, and operations while maintaining curated dashboards. Domo was creating compounding problems:

➤Data team stretched across endless ad-hoc requests from every department
➤Domo required all data to be pre-loaded into its own system, billed by volume on every load
➤Pre-aggregated data meant analysts could not drill into source detail or validate figures
➤No direct BigQuery connection — every analytical question required a round trip through the BI team
➤Outdated interface gave users no flexibility with the data
➤By the time migration began, access to Domo was already lost and numbers could no longer be validated

Once Athenic was connected directly to BigQuery, the case for Domo disappeared entirely. A tool built on pre-loaded, pre-aggregated data simply could not keep pace with the analytical demands of a fast-growing, data-driven business.

Solution

Direct BigQuery Access, Governed Metrics, and AI-powered Analytics at Scale

Nexar deployed Athenic AI to connect directly to their BigQuery data warehouse using an existing service account — no data migration, no preprocessing pipeline, no per-load billing. Business users across firmware, operations, product, and the board now get answers instantly, while the BI team builds the governed metrics layer that keeps every team looking at the same numbers.

➤Governed metrics layer for consistent, validated reporting across BI and non-technical users
➤AI-powered data analysis lets firmware, ops, product, and executive teams self-serve without SQL
➤Deep Research runs autonomous multi-step investigations across BigQuery to surface root causes and anomalies
➤Replaced Domo entirely — no data loading costs, no per-query billing, direct BigQuery connection
➤Admin features for data governance, permission management, and adoption tracking

Results & Impact

From Analyst Bottleneck to Data-Autonomous Operations

Athenic eliminated Nexar's dependency on Domo and analyst queues. Teams that previously waited days for reports now get answers instantly, and the BI team is freed to focus on strategic, high-value work.

➤100% of Domo replaced with a direct BigQuery connection — no loading costs, no per-query billing
➤Instant answers for non-technical teams across firmware, operations, and product
➤Board-level reporting accelerated quick analyses delivered in seconds, not days
➤BI team unblocked freed from ad-hoc request backlog to focus on governed metrics and strategy
➤Consistent numbers governed metrics ensure every team sees the same validated figures