Episode 526

Trends in Observability with Sequoia Partner Pat Grady & Cribl CEO Clint Sharp

January 27, 2021

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About the Guest

Pat Grady & Clint Sharp

Partner at Sequoia Capital & Co-Founder of Cribl

Pat Grady is a partner at the venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital and Clint Sharp is the co-founder and CEO of Cribl. These are two separate conversations focused on the trend of observability, which enables one to inspect and understand one’s IT stack. Pat is an investor in this space, and Clint’s company is focused on optimizing the collection, analysis, and storage of observability data, dramatically reducing companies’ infrastructure spend.

Episode Overview

In this interview, Pat discusses

Some of the key trends regarding observability
The benefits of taking a best of breed approach to it
Why observability is part of the solution to data privacy, not the problem
Some first steps those low on the maturity curve relative to observability can take
Why it has been a key to the digital acceleration that has happened during the pandemic
How COVID has dramatically accelerated Sequoia’s business
Some of the indelible marks of COVID that will become permanent

While Clint discusses