Datastory launches platform that turns data into charts and web applications
Stockholm, September 30, 2026
Today Datastory opens its data publishing platform to everyone. Data storytellers, including journalists, communicators, researchers and analysts, get a faster way to turn data into publishable stories, through interactive charts and data driven web applications.
Users can upload their own data or start with trusted public datasets. Datastory's AI engine helps them find noteworthy patterns, choose suitable visualizations and draft explanations. They then publish charts and web pages, all in one workflow.
“Hans Rosling taught me that data, presented right, replaces prejudice with understanding,” says Daniel Lapidus, founder of Datastory, who worked with Rosling, co-author of Factfulness.
"Lovable made building software something anyone can do. Legora is reshaping law at the same pace. We're doing the same for data. We want organizations around the world to have up to date data, AI tools and proven methods within reach, to explain complex issues and benefit society."
What you can do from today
- Let AI find the right visualization. Upload your data and compare several visualizations that fit your purpose, each with a suggested headline and insight.
- Start from open data. Pick a quality-reviewed dataset, skip the cleaning and publish your first chart in minutes.
- Start from expert templates. Professionally designed data-driven content, refined over years and ready for any sector.
- Work from the same numbers. One shared data catalog means nobody rebuilds the master data. Remix each other's work and keep everything in your visual identity.
AI Sweden and SKR build on Datastory
AI Sweden, Sweden's national center for applied AI, is building on Datastory. The platform already enables several new applications, including the Nordic AI Health Map, a map of AI initiatives in healthcare across the Nordics.
"We had the data, and with Datastory we could quickly build a user-friendly web application that connects people and projects across the Nordics." says Lorna Bartram, AI Transformation Strategist at AI Sweden.
SKR, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, is launching the new Vården i siffror (Healthcare in Numbers), its service for monitoring and analyzing healthcare quality in all 21 regions, on the Datastory platform.
"When data becomes more accessible and easier to grasp, we create better conditions for moving from monitoring and analysis to concrete improvement and development of healthcare," says Johan Kaarme, Head of the Department of Health and Social Care at SKR.
Datastory is free to start, with paid plans for teams.
Available at datastory.tech from 09.00 CEST, 30 September.
About Datastory
Datastory is the platform that turns data into content: interactive charts, data-driven web applications and presentations. It is built by Datastory Tech AB in Stockholm. The team behind Datastory has spent more than 15 years making data accessible, with clients such as Dagens Nyheter, the Swedish Internet Foundation, Alecta, the United Nations, The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, AI Sweden and many other organizations. Founder Daniel Lapidus has worked with Hans Rosling at Gapminder and as a data journalist at SVT, Sweden's public broadcaster. Datastory also has an independent non-profit arm, Datastory.org, with programs for schools and public education websites.
Press contacts
Daniel Lapidus, Founder and CEO
daniel@datastory.tech | +46 704 04 38 29
Katherine Skagerlind, Chief Product Officer
katie@datastory.tech | +46 704 80 59 18