Groundcover

Groundcover (Tel Aviv, founded 2021 by Shahar Azulay) is a cloud-native observability platform built on eBPF from day one: it collects logs, metrics, and traces straight from the Linux kernel with zero code instrumentation, covering Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure out of the box. Its signature move is bring-your-own-cloud — observability data stays in the customer's own cloud while remaining fully managed, which breaks the legacy pattern of being charged by data volume. After a $35M Series B in April 2025 ($60M total, led by Zeev Ventures), it raised a $100M Series C to build AI-native observability: tracking LLM reasoning paths, token usage, and response quality for agent-based workloads alongside conventional infrastructure.

The honest picture: eBPF-based collection genuinely delivers more data at lower cost than agent-instrumented rivals, and BYOC solves a real privacy/billing grievance with Datadog-style vendors. But eBPF means Linux/Kubernetes-centric — non-K8s estates get less value — and as a younger vendor its ecosystem of integrations is thinner than incumbents. The AI-observability pivot is promising but early.

Deploy the Groundcover Helm chart or operator into your Kubernetes cluster; eBPF sensors start collecting immediately with no code changes. Connect your cloud account for the BYOC data plane.