# Sumo Logic

> Sumo Logic is a cloud-native enterprise software company that collects and analyzes logs and other telemetry so security, development, and IT operations teams can detect threats, investigate incidents, and troubleshoot applications. Founded in 2010 by ArcSight veterans Christian Beedgen and Kumar Saurabh, it grew from a SaaS alternative to on-premises log management into an intelligent operations platform spanning log analytics, Cloud SIEM, monitoring, troubleshooting, automation, and agentic AI. Francisco Partners acquired it for approximately $1.7 billion in 2023.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, United States
- **Founders:** Christian Beedgen (Co-founder and founding CTO), Kumar Saurabh (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 900 employees according to the supplied company record.
- **Products:** Log Analytics, Cloud SIEM, Application Observability, Cloud SOAR, Flex Licensing
- **Notable:** Launched its cloud log management service publicly in January 2012., Reached more than 2,100 customers and 125,000 users by April 2020., Grew revenue from $67.8 million in fiscal 2018 to $155.1 million in fiscal 2020.

## Products & services

- **Log Analytics** — Cloud-native collection, search, dashboards, alerting, and machine-learning analysis for structured and unstructured logs.
- **Cloud SIEM** — Security information and event management that normalizes and correlates cloud and on-premises signals for detection and investigation.
- **Application Observability** — Monitoring and troubleshooting across applications, services, infrastructure, metrics, traces, and logs.
- **Cloud SOAR** — Security orchestration, automation, and response workflows and playbooks, strengthened by the DFLabs acquisition.
- **Flex Licensing** — A zero-dollar-ingest model that aligns charges with storage and analytics usage rather than raw data collection.
- **Dojo AI** — An agentic layer including SOC Analyst, Log Analysis, and Platform Optimization agents, the Mobot conversational interface, and an MCP server.

## Achievements

- Launched its cloud log management service publicly in January 2012.
- Reached more than 2,100 customers and 125,000 users by April 2020.
- Grew revenue from $67.8 million in fiscal 2018 to $155.1 million in fiscal 2020.
- Listed on Nasdaq under SUMO in September 2020, raising approximately $325.6 million in gross proceeds.
- Named AWS ISV Partner of the Year for 2021 in North America, announced in 2022.
- Acquired JASK, DFLabs, and Sensu to extend SIEM, SOAR, and observability capabilities.
- Taken private by Francisco Partners for approximately $1.7 billion in May 2023.
- Made its Intelligent Security Operations Platform generally available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Introduced expanded Dojo AI agents for security and cloud operations, including generally available SOC Analyst Agent, enhanced Mobot, conversational playbooks, Log Analysis Agent, Platform Optimization Agent, and an MCP server.
- **2026-07** — Appointed Chris Malone as CEO and Conor Burns as CFO to lead the next growth phase around its AI-first security and operations platform.
- **2026-06** — Made the Intelligent Security Operations Platform generally available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
- **2026-05** — Added visibility into Claude usage through an integration with Anthropic's Claude Compliance API.
- **2026-01** — Released Snowflake Logs and Databricks Audit apps for data pipeline monitoring and security analytics.
- **2025-12** — Expanded Dojo AI with SOC Analyst Agent, Knowledge Agent, and a Model Context Protocol server.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sumologic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumo-logic
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SumoLogic
- GitHub: https://github.com/SumoLogic
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SumoLogic
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sumologic/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sumo.Logic/

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Last updated: 2026-09-01