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Assaraf: Observability data grows faster than revenue at 5x to 10x

Ariel Assaraf · Coralogix Breaks $24m ARR, 2k Customers After Turning Down $40m Acquisition Offer in 2019 · Nov 1, 2021 · at 2:49

Ariel Assaraf, CEO of Coralogix, explains the unit economics and scaling challenges of observability data for tech enterprises.

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“What we tell our customers and our investors in the previous round was data grows faster than revenue. So you'll see any company you're covering, you'll notice, like you'll ask them and they'll give you the most insane KPI of growth. If you ask them how much did their data grow during that time, their observability data, it'll be like five, 10 X.”

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