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Datadog

HQ New York, USFounded 2010publicWebsite @datadoghq
Composite score
8.6
rank #46 · cuts

#46 Cut. 8.2k employees.

Headcount
8.2k
0.0%
90d change
+0.2%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$667k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.4%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.4 yrs
Time since last raise
1y 6mo
last round

Hiring flow · Datadog

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
3,501
+19%
Sales
1,709
+20%
Support
596
+2%
Sales Engineering
416
+8%
Human Resources
370
-1%
Product
325
+22%
Operations
286
+9%
Marketing
197
+21%
Other
461

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadline2d ago
    Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in

    Datadog named in headline; founders are ex-Datadog engineers; company used as business model analogy for Niteshift.

Events

Funding · post ipo debt · $870M
2y ago

Score history

2026-06-08
8.6
rank #46
2026-06-01
8.6
rank #46
2026-05-25
20.3
rank #46
2026-05-18
12.4
rank #47
2026-05-11
12.4
rank #47
2026-05-04
12.4
rank #47
2026-04-27
19.5
rank #45
2026-04-20
19.0
rank #45
2026-04-13
19.0
rank #45
2026-04-06
19.0
rank #45
2026-03-30
5.6
rank #47
2026-03-23
13.6
rank #46