Snowflake plans to acquire Observe to deliver AI-powered observability built on open standards for AI-driven businesses.
the companies signed a definitive agreement, but the deal is pending standard closing conditions, Snowflake announced on Thursday (press release).
Once complete, Observe’s platform will integrate with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud. This integration promises to resolve production issues up to 10 times faster than current reactive monitoring methods.
The combined solution will offer agentic AI for quicker troubleshooting, an open architecture designed for scalability, and cost-effective, full telemetry data retention.
“As customers build more complex AI agents and data applications, reliability is critical,” said Snowflake CEO Sridhar ramaswamy in the release. “Integrating Observe’s capabilities into the Snowflake AI Data Cloud empowers customers to manage observability across massive datasets with an open, scalable architecture and AI-driven workflows.”
Observe CEO Jeremy Burton stated the combination is a natural fit for Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud. He believes it will accelerate Observe’s observability solution and address the challenges of operating complex systems.
“By combining our AI-powered SRE with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, we can deliver faster insights, greater reliability, and better economics,” Burton said. “Together, we’ll help enterprises confidently run the next generation of AI applications.”
Reports surfaced in december that Snowflake was considering acquiring Observe to broaden its AI offerings.
In June, Snowflake announced the acquisition of Crunchy Data to strengthen its AI agent capabilities. This acquisition will add Crunchy Data’s open-source Postgres technology to Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, helping PostgreSQL users deploy applications faster and more efficiently.