Ukrainian IT company GitLab is considering a sale, with Datadog as a potential buyer. Despite growing revenue, GitLab faces competition from Microsoft on pricing.
Sale of GitLab
Potential sale of the company
According to Reuters, software developer GitLab, which has Ukrainian roots, is considering options for selling the company. Among the possible buyers is Datadog - a cloud monitoring service. Sources say GitLab is already working with investment bankers on the sale process.
Financial condition and competition
GitLab's market value is estimated at around $8 billion. While the company is showing strong revenue growth (33% year-over-year growth to $169.2 million) and has achieved positive cash flow for the first time, it acknowledges pricing challenges due to competition from Microsoft.
Features of the GitLab platform
GitLab offers a unique platform that enables teams of developers, operators, and security professionals to build and manage software using a single tool. The company claims to have more than 30 million registered users, and more than half of the Fortune 100 companies use its services.
History of GitLab
The founder of GitLab is Dmytro Zaporozhets from Kharkiv. He started the project in 2011 as an alternative to GitHub that could be installed on your own server. In 2013, the Dutch entrepreneur Sid Sibrandji joined the project, after which they fully devoted themselves to the development of GitLab. In 2021, Zaporozhets left the company.
About the potential buyer
Datadog, valued at $44 billion, offers collaboration and performance measurement software employees of technology companies using cloud technologies.
Glossary
- GitLab is a software development company with Ukrainian roots that provides a platform for software development and management.
- Datadog is an American company that provides cloud-based monitoring and analytics services for IT infrastructure and software applications.
- Microsoft is an American technology corporation, one of the largest software manufacturers in the world.
- Fortune 100 is a list of the hundred largest US companies by revenue, compiled annually by Fortune magazine.
- GitHub is a web service for hosting IT projects and their joint development, a competitor of GitLab.
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Software developer GitLab, which has Ukrainian roots, is considering the possibility of selling the company. According to Reuters, the cloud monitoring service Datadog is among the potential buyers. GitLab's market value is estimated at billions of dollars.
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Olena
Wow, this is amazing! 💼 GitLab has always been so innovative. Wondering how this will affect their products and users?
Pierre
Olena, I'm impressed too! 🤔 But I think this can be a positive step. Datadog has powerful resources that can help GitLab grow even faster.
Maria
I agree with Pierre. Perhaps this will help GitLab better compete with Microsoft. Although it is a bit sad that the Ukrainian company may lose its independence. 🇺🇦
Hans
I wonder how this will affect the GitLab open-source community? 🤓 I hope Datadog preserves this important part of the ecosystem.
Viktor
Oh, again these corporations are buying up everything in a row. Why change anything at all? GitLab works great anyway. These constant changes only spoil everything. 😒
Sophia
Viktor, I understand your concern, but change is part of progress. GitLab can get new opportunities for development. Isn't that interesting? 😊
Carlos
Wow, $8 billion is an impressive sum! 🤑 I wonder how this will affect the software development market as a whole. Maybe we'll see a new wave of innovation?
Olena
Carlos, you are right! And I am also impressed by the story of Dmytro Zaporozhets. Starting such a project in parallel with the main work is inspiring! 💪 Shows that with perseverance you can achieve incredible results.