Overview
Datadog is an observability and security platform founded in 2010 in New York City by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Le-Quoc [1]. The company operates a SaaS platform for cloud-scale applications, with core products including Infrastructure Monitoring, Network Performance Monitoring, and Application Performance Monitoring [2]. Headquartered in New York, Datadog operates in 33 countries with approximately 8,100 employees [3]. The company went public on September 19, 2019, raising $648 million at an $8.7 billion valuation and trades on Nasdaq under the ticker DDOG [5]. It was added to the S&P 500 in July 2025 [5]. Datadog reported $3.43 billion in revenue for 2025 [4]. The company has completed over 20 acquisitions since its founding, including Mortar Data, Logmatic, Sqreen, Codiga, Metaplane, Eppo, and Propolis, expanding into data observability, experimentation infrastructure, and QA testing [7].
Datadog runs a SaaS observability and analytics platform for cloud-scale applications, monitoring servers, databases, tools and services. Core products include Infrastructure Monitoring, Network Performance Monitoring and Application Performance Monitoring. [7]
Business address: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10018. [9]
Business address: 620 8th Avenue, New York, New York, 10018. [12]
Growth & traction
Founded in 2010 in New York City by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Le-Quoc, still headquartered there, operating in 33 countries with roughly 8,100 employees. [4]
Reported $3.43 billion in revenue for 2025. [5]
Financials
Reported revenue of $3.43 billion for the year ending 2025-12-31 and total assets of $6.64 billion in its most recent annual report to the SEC. [11]
Financials
Market data, not a filing. Read 2026-10-02.
Leadership & org chart
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Recent developments
- Has made 20+ acquisitions, including Mortar Data (2015), Logmatic (2017), Sqreen (2021), Codiga (2023), Metaplane and Eppo (both 2025) and Propolis (2026), extending into data observability, experimentation infrastructure and QA testing.[2]
- Before its IPO, Datadog turned down an acquisition offer from Cisco of more than $7 billion.[3]
- Went public on 19 September 2019, raising $648 million at an $8.7 billion valuation; trades on Nasdaq as DDOG and was added to the S&P 500 in July 2025.[6]
Alumni 2 went on to found or lead
- PBrad MenezesSenior Director of Product Management→Co-Founder & CEO | Build & Govern AI-Generated Enterprise Apps at Superblocks
Tim MeijerFounder & Community Leader | Datadog User Group Amsterdam→Co-Founder & Wine Importer at Terroir
Mike O'ConnellManager, Commercial Sales→Principal Account Executive at InstaLILY AI
Abdulkader AbousalehRegional Director, Middle East & Africa
Ali AzarianRegional Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Asia
Amine Alain LassouedManager, Commercial Sales, Middle East & Turkey
Daren MartinRegional Vice President Southeast, Mid Atlantic & Ohio Valley
Emilie LangladeField Marketing Manager, France
Jeffrey WagmanSenior Enterprise Customer Success Manager
Kevin DriscollGroup Manager, Demand Generation & ABM
Steve HoveyRegional Vice President of Sales - Northcentral
Deals & lineage
Acquired
Quickwit
Open-source cloud-native log search engine acquired by New York-headquartered Datadog in January 2025
Eppo
Feature flagging and experimentation platform acquired by New York-headquartered Datadog in May 2025
Metaplane
End-to-end data observability platform acquired by New York-headquartered Datadog in April 2025
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