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. It was incorporated in 2011 and was founded by Steve Newman, the former chief engineer and founder of Writely, whose technology was acquired and became

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. Led by CEO Christine Heckart, the company offers an integrated suite of server monitoring, log management, visualization and analysis tools that aggregates all the metrics into a

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in real time, which can be integrated with

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History

Founder Steve Newman had the idea for Scalyr while working at Google, drawing on his experience with performance-tracking and server diagnostic tools. He also founded Writely in 2005, which went on to become

. After its start in 2011, Scalyr has resorted to venture capital to expand its operations. In 2015, the company raised a $2.1 million seed round led by Susa Ventures. The other investors in the round were Bloomberg Beta, Google Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures and Othman Laraki.

Acquisition by SentinelOne

In February 2021,

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announced the acquisition of Scalyr for $155 million in cash and equity.

References

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