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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 2h

“We’re kind of allergic to hype.” — Raj Dutt, CEO of Grafana Labs

The #ObservabilityCON keynote is live on demand.

See the announcements across:

🤖 Actually useful AI
☁️ SaaS economics reimagined
🔍 Complexity simplified

https://www.youtube.com/live/MJXpfFgFCjg?si=2T8e8i7_SpBXqQUl

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! We're working on updating the keynote information to make it ready for on-demand. Those will be updated soon as well!

Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 1d

📣 At #ObservabilityCON 2025, we announced updates that make observability smarter, scalable, and easier for every team — including Grafana Assistant GA, new additions to the Adaptive Telemetry, & more.

Read more:
https://grafana.com/blog/2025/10/08/observabilitycon-2025-announcements/

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the day!

#ObservabilityCON 2025 keynote starts at 10:00 am BST / 9:00 am UTC.

Join the livestream and be among the first to learn about new AI features and Grafana Cloud solutions.
https://youtube.com/live/MJXpfFgFCjg?feature=share

ObservabilityCON 2025 Keynote

YouTube video by Grafana

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 2d

What's coming up in the next chapter of #observability?

We recently surveyed 150 IT leaders to get their insights on unified platforms, tool consolidation, SLOs, AI, and tying observability to business value.

The observability maturity curve: How IT leaders are shifting from tools to outcomes | Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs recently surveyed 150 IT leaders to get their insights on unified platforms, tool consolidation, SLOs, AI, and tying observability to business value.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 3d

Unsure whether to silence a notification or simply mute it temporarily?

Use this guide for a high-level understanding of both options in #Grafana Alerting.

Mute timing vs. silences in Grafana Alerting: How to pick the best fit for your use case | Grafana Labs

Unsure whether to silence a notification or simply mute it temporarily? Use this guide for a high-level understanding of both options in Grafana Alerting.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 4d

Learn how to use Grafana Cloud and the Infinity data source to visualize live #JSON data from #CheerLights, the popular IoT project fueling a global network of synchronized light installations.

Lighting up your dashboards: How to visualize the CheerLights IoT project in Grafana Cloud | Grafana Labs

Learn how to use Grafana Cloud and the Infinity data source to visualize live JSON data from the CheerLights IoT project.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 5d

Unsure whether to silence a notification or simply mute it temporarily?

Use this guide for a high-level understanding of both options in #Grafana Alerting. grafana.com/blog/2025/09...

Mute timing vs. silences in Grafana Alerting: How to pick the best fit for your use case | Grafana Labs

Unsure whether to silence a notification or simply mute it temporarily? Use this guide for a high-level understanding of both options in Grafana Alerting.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 5d

Can't make it to #ObservabilityCON 2025? Join us from anywhere in the world 🌍

Sign up to join us for the opening keynote, livestreaming straight from London, or to receive the recording: https://grafana.com/events/observabilitycon/#:~:text=at%20your%20organization.-,Can%E2%80%99t,-make%20it%20to

Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 6d

Call it “The Dashboard of a Showgirl” 🎶

4 Swifties with varying levels of engineering expertise used Grafana Assistant to build a #TaylorSwift dashboard that will never go out of style.

✨ Enchanted ✨ to share the dashboard and the story behind it.

Taylor Swift (Grafana’s Version): How to track and visualize data related to pop’s biggest superstar | Grafana Labs

In celebration of The Life of a Showgirl, a team of Grafanistas used Grafana Assistant to build a dazzling dashboard that lets you visualize the eras and career milestones of the one and only Taylor S...

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 6d

Grafana Cloud is a fully managed #observability platform built on #OpenSource and open standards.

When every second counts, it unifies 150+ data sources and uses #AI-powered guidance to spotlight what matters — helping teams find what matters fast.

Learn more: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 7d

Taylor's in her Showgirl era — and this week, so is Grafana ✨

Using Grafana Assistant, we built a Taylor Swift dashboard — and it tells Taylor's musical story all too well.

Full dashboard reveal coming this Friday!

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 7d

The 4th annual Observability Survey is live!

Share your (anonymous) input on tooling, AI, cost & complexity in <10 mins for a chance to win #Grafana swag 🎁

Take the survey: https://grafana.com/observability-survey/?camp=survey-2025&mdm=social&src=bs

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for the kind words! With so much technology out there, it's really an honor to be one of your favorites. We're grateful that we *get to* support community members like you.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Announced today — Grafana Labs has blasted past $400M ARR and 7,000 customers, completed a secondary transaction & more.

Read about our momentum:
https://grafana.com/about/press/2025/09/30/grafana-labs-surpasses-400m-arr-and-7000-customers-gains-new-investors-to-accelerate-global-expansion/

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Forbes @forbes.com · 8d

With a client list that includes Nvidia, Anthropic and Uber, the $6 billion-valued Grafana Labs is flexing with $400 million in annualized revenue — and new investment from a tender offer of up to $150 million.

Grafana Labs Is Cleaning Up On The Vibe Coding Boom

With a client list that includes Nvidia, Anthropic and Uber, the $6 billion-valued Grafana Labs is flexing with $400 million in annualized revenue — and new investment from a tender offer of up to $150 million.

www.forbes.com

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 8d

Lift off! Grafana Labs has blasted past $400M ARR & 7,000 customers.

We’ve also completed a secondary transaction led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Read more via @forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/09/30/grafana-labs-revenue-tender-offer/

Grafana Labs Is Cleaning Up On The Vibe Coding Boom

With a client list that includes Nvidia, Anthropic and Uber, the $6 billion-valued Grafana Labs is flexing with $400 million in annualized revenue — and new investment from a tender offer of up to $15...

www.forbes.com

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 9d

#Observability is evolving as organizations shift to consolidated platforms, adopt OpenTelemetry, and look to AI to help troubleshoot faster.

Those were just some of the takeaways from Grafana Labs Co-founder Anthony Woods, who recently appeared on the "Tech Keys by Mercari India" podcast.

Grafana Labs Co-founder Woods: Market maturity, OpenTelemetry, and AI are reshaping observability | Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs Co-founder Anthony Woods recently appeared on "Tech Keys by Mercari India" to talk about the evolution of observability, the importance of OpenTelemetry, and the role of AI going forward.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 9d

We’re proud to be a bronze sponsor at @allthingsopen.bsky.social 2025 in Raleigh, NC (Oct 12–14)! 🎉

Catch us at booth #36 + hear our Grafanistas share insights on open source, Kubernetes & observability. Full schedule: https://2025.allthingsopen.org/schedule

Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 12d

With Grafana Cloud, Prudential SG’s SRE team turned monitoring into a scalable, secure, self-service platform ☁️

Now teams see what matters across regions — without the overhead of managing a platform.

🎥 See how they scaled observability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cBwBzNNv5E&t=1047s

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 12d

Who's going to #SRECon? 🇮🇪

We're excited to be a sponsor! Come to booth 8 with your #Grafana Stack questions and pick up some swag! Don't miss Nikola's talk on auto-instrumentation for GPU performance using #eBPF.

See you there!

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 12d

⚡ Incidents draining your team?

In our Oct. 8 webinar, see how Grafana Cloud helps you simplify SLOs, streamline response, and more.

Sign up: https://grafana.com/go/webinar/getting-started-with-grafana-incident-response-and-management-irm-and-slo/?mdm=social&src=bs

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 13d

🚀 Grafana 12.2 is live!

This release includes a more intuitive, LLM-powered experience for SQL expressions (public preview), data visualization updates, and more.

Grafana 12.2 release: LLM-powered SQL expressions, updates to canvas and table visualizations, simplified reporting, and more | Grafana Labs

Grafana 12.2 includes a more intuitive, LLM-powered experience for SQL expressions, data visualization updates, and so much more. Here are the highlights.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 14d

🛜 Learn how to perform a #DNS check in Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring to continuously validate DNS resolution performance and ensure an optimal end-user experience.

How to perform real-time DNS monitoring in Grafana Cloud | Grafana Labs

Learn how to perform a DNS check in Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring to continuously validate DNS resolution performance and ensure an optimal end-user experience.

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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 19d

One stack or many? Grafana Cloud supports both — here’s how to pick the right approach 👇

https://grafana.com/blog/2025/09/18/single-tenant-vs-multi-tenant-architecture-with-grafana-cloud-how-to-choose-the-right-approach/?camp=blog&mdm=social&src=SOCIAL_NETWORK_ABBV

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