Observe
AI-powered observability platform acquired by Snowflake for ~$1B.
Acquired — still operating
acquired by Snowflake Jan 2026 (~$1B)
About
Observe built a streaming data lake on Snowflake that ingests logs, metrics, and traces into one unified layer, with machine learning that identifies semantic relationships between events. Its AI Investigator and AI SRE agents autonomously investigate incidents, generate hypotheses, suggest fixes, and answer natural-language questions about application behavior.
The company raised $145M Series B in 2024 and $156M Series C in 2025 before Snowflake acquired it for approximately $1B in January 2026. The entry is kept for historical reference; buyers should evaluate Snowflake's current observability offerings.
What it can do
- AI Investigator for autonomous incident analysis
- AI SRE agent with root-cause hypotheses and fix suggestions
- Natural-language querying over telemetry (o11y.ai)
- OpenTelemetry-native APM with distributed tracing
- LLM observability for model and agent monitoring
Setup
Historical entry: Observe was acquired by Snowflake in January 2026.
Prerequisites
None; the standalone product is no longer sold.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 9/10
Scored 9/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 129; Trending score 86/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
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