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Grafana Labs in Talk to Raise at $9 Billion Valuation

Grafana Labs, a software startup that helps companies monitor cloud and AI activity and spending, is finalizing a new funding round that would value it at about $9 billion, people familiar with the matter said. That’s up from $6.6 billion in a 2024 funding round. The funding talks follow Grafana’s growth in annual recurring revenue, which hit $400 million in September. Grafana’s customers include fast-growing companies such as Anthropic and database management startups Databricks and...

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