Grafana Labs
A company behind an open source data visualization and monitoring platform, mainly offering Grafana dashboards, Grafana Cloud and observability products, and one of the core vendors in the modern observability ecosystem.
Timeline (last 90 days)
k6 now belongs to Grafana Labs, uses JavaScript to write load tests, can be run from the CLI or CI, and works well with Grafana dashboards.
Grafana MCP is an MCP server officially launched by Grafana Labs that supports Claude Code in searching dashboards, executing PromQL and LogQL, reading alert rules and firing states, and looking up incident records.
HashiCorp has been acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion, GitLab is valued at approximately $8 billion, and Grafana Labs is valued at approximately $6 billion.
Successful precedents for the Open Core model include GitLab (valued at approximately $8 billion), Grafana Labs (valued at approximately $6 billion), and HashiCorp (acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion).
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k6 now belongs to Grafana Labs, uses JavaScript to write load tests, can be run from the CLI or CI, and works well with Grafana dashboards.
50%UnverifiedGrafana MCP is an MCP server officially launched by Grafana Labs that supports Claude Code in searching dashboards, executing PromQL and LogQL, reading alert rules and firing states, and looking up incident records.
50%UnverifiedHashiCorp has been acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion, GitLab is valued at approximately $8 billion, and Grafana Labs is valued at approximately $6 billion.
50%UnverifiedSuccessful precedents for the Open Core model include GitLab (valued at approximately $8 billion), Grafana Labs (valued at approximately $6 billion), and HashiCorp (acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion).
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