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From traces to experiments: A loop for improving AI agents

Sep 1, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Let’s say your team shipped a support agent last quarter. The launch demo went well, stakeholders were pleased, and everyone moved on. A few months later, things start to look off. Summaries of long conversations are truncated, and monitors show latency spikes on tool calls to the billing API. Your team’s first instinct is to ship fixes such as tweaking prompts or upgrading the model.
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Visualize how CUPED adjusts experiment results with Datadog

Sep 1, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
CUPED (Controlled-experiment Using Pre-Experiment Data) is a powerful tool that can reduce metric variance and help teams obtain precise experiment results with less data. However, the difference between an experiment’s CUPED-adjusted lift and raw lift can be difficult to explain, especially when an experiment uses many pre-exposure metrics and subject properties. The CUPED adjustments visualization in Datadog Experiments breaks the difference into a sequence of specific adjustments.
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Troubleshoot and secure your code faster with Datadog's Bitbucket Cloud Source Code integration

Aug 31, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Developers and SREs who use Bitbucket Cloud often need to move between their source code, observability data, test results, and security findings to investigate a problem. Connecting an error or slow method to the correct repository, file, and commit takes time. Teams may also discover vulnerabilities, infrastructure misconfigurations, coverage regressions, or flaky tests only after code has progressed further through the software development life cycle, when remediation is more disruptive.
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How Bits Database Optimization proves a query rewrite is faster

Aug 31, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
A frequently encountered issue when exploring database optimizations is proving that a proposed query rewrite is actually faster than the existing query. Often, proving this isn’t just as simple as running both queries and comparing their execution times. When your hot queries are measured in milliseconds, factors such as cache states, concurrent queries competing for CPU and I/O, and noisy neighbors can mask the true performance difference between query versions.
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Debug live production code without redeploying with Datadog Live Debugger

Aug 27, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Some production bugs don’t show up clearly in logs or traces, and they often cannot be reproduced in a local or staging environment. When developers need more runtime detail, they typically fall back on a familiar but slow workflow: add log lines, open a pull request, wait for review and CI/CD, deploy the change, and wait for the issue to happen again. If the new logs don’t capture the right variable values or execution path, the loop starts over.
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Beyond the $1 AI era: How federal agencies can build the evidence for FY27 renewals

Aug 26, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Over the past year, federal agencies gained broad access to enterprise AI through the OneGov initiative, at prices unlike any normal software deal. The current OneGov portal lists OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise at $1 per agency, Anthropic Claude at $1 per seat, and Google Gemini for Government at $0.47 per agency. Those introductory offers begin expiring on September 30, 2026, the final day of fiscal year (FY) 26, which places renewal squarely in the FY27 planning cycle.
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How Datadog saves over $1 million each month by optimizing AI usage

Aug 26, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
At Datadog, we want to expose our engineers to high-quality AI tools and workflows. However, token usage can be expensive, and finding a balance between AI cloud spend and the return on investment can be difficult. But what if engineers could maintain their current AI workflows using the same tools, but at a lower cost?
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Golden Paths for AI agents: What changes when platform users aren't human?

Aug 25, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Agents are already calling your self-service APIs, querying your catalog, and independently provisioning resources around the clock. According to Gartner’s 2026 Hype Cycle for Agentic AI report, agents have had the most aggressive adoption curve of any emerging technology. Gartner even considers agents to be a formal user persona, referring to the agent experience (AX) throughout the report.
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Build your own Bits Agent with Datadog Bits Agent Builder

Aug 24, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Datadog Bits Agent Builder lets you build AI agents that use your observability data to automate operational tasks. In this walkthrough, see how to build an agent that analyzes monitor and alert activity, identifies patterns, and provides actionable recommendations to improve your monitoring strategy. With Bits Agent Builder, you can give agents access to Datadog data and tools, customize their instructions and models, and run them automatically to continuously analyze and act on your environment.
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Monitor Azure Functions across every hosting plan with Datadog

Aug 24, 2026 By Datadog In Datadog
Microsoft’s Azure Functions serverless compute service abstracts away infrastructure management to simplify how teams deploy and operate applications. However, the managed environment can make it harder to understand what happens inside those applications after deployment. Traditional approaches that rely on agents, extensions, and sidecars for direct collection of telemetry data aren’t available across every Azure Functions hosting plan, which can leave gaps in end-to-end visibility.
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