12 Mar 2026
28m

The "observability tax," AI and the SaaSpocalypse

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The podcast explores the concept of "observability tax" and how MyDecisive.ai aims to reduce it. Ari Zilka, CEO of MyDecisive.ai, explains that companies overspend on observability tools like Datadog and Splunk due to high data ingestion costs. MyDecisive offers a smart hub that analyzes all data within a customer's cloud, extracts the signal, and forwards only relevant information, reducing costs without sacrificing incident resolution speed. Zilka distinguishes MyDecisive from ETL tools like Cribl by emphasizing its ability to retain data for real-time analysis and generate runbooks focused on release strategies rather than reactive remediation. He also addresses concerns about AI overreach, clarifying that MyDecisive uses explainable machine learning models and integrates with source control to improve code performance and system health.

Outlines

Part 1: Problem, Market Context

Part 2: Product, Technology, Differentiation

Part 3: Automation, Future Roadmap

Part 4: Industry Outlook, Philosophy

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