Snowflake agrees to acquire observability platform Observe

TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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Snowflake signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe and plans to integrate its observability product into Snowflake to unify telemetry data collection and help customers detect software and data issues.
Snowflake agrees to acquire observability platform Observe
A What happened
Snowflake signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, subject to regulatory approval, and plans to integrate Observe’s product into Snowflake. The integration is intended to give customers a unified place to collect and store telemetry data such as logs, metrics, and traces, and to better spot bugs and performance issues. Terms were not disclosed, and reports value the deal at around $1 billion, which would be Snowflake’s largest acquisition to date. Observe said it was most recently valued at $750 million as of July 2025.

Key insights

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    Snowflake links observability scaling challenges to AI agents: A Snowflake blog post said the task of monitoring and fixing issues has become harder to scale due to the volume of data generated by AI agents.

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    Data-industry consolidation is described as continuing: The text says last year saw a wave of consolidation in the data industry and says this deal could be a sign consolidation will continue in 2026.

Takeaways

Snowflake plans to buy Observe and fold its observability platform into Snowflake’s cloud data offering, with the deal pending regulatory approval and financial terms not disclosed.

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Technology & Innovation Cloud & Data Business & Markets Mergers & Acquisitions

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