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Datadog

HQ New York, USFounded 2010publicWebsite @datadoghq
Composite score
0.0
rank #49 · cuts

#49 Cut. 8.3k employees.

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Headcount
8.3k
0.0%
90d change
0.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$662k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.3%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.4 yrs
Time since last raise
1y 8mo
last round

Hiring flow · Datadog

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
3,509
+15%
Sales
1,722
+19%
Support
603
+4%
Sales Engineering
424
+8%
Human Resources
370
-2%
Product
333
+23%
Operations
288
+9%
Marketing
202
+24%
Other
462

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadline2mo 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

2026-07-27
0.0
rank #49
2026-07-20
0.0
rank #49
2026-07-13
0.5
rank #48
2026-07-06
0.2
rank #48
2026-06-29
0.4
rank #48
2026-06-22
4.6
rank #48
2026-06-15
2.2
rank #48
2026-06-08
7.2
rank #47
2026-06-01
7.2
rank #47
2026-05-25
17.7
rank #45
2026-05-18
13.3
rank #45
2026-05-11
13.3
rank #45