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Anthony Woods, Co Founder of Grafana Labs, discussing BeerOps and ExecOps

Dez Blanchfield is joined by Anthony Woods, Co-Founder of Grafana Labs, to discuss the company's evolution into a full-stack observability leader, the launch of their highly capable AI Assistant, and their Gold Sponsorship of the upcoming ExecOps Melbourne event. Anthony shares his journey from working at an ISP in Perth to co-founding Grafana Labs. His motivation stemmed from a realization, particularly during his time at Visa, of how "horrible" expensive enterprise software was and how much the market was underserved by proprietary tools. This led him to partner with the open source community and build a flexible, best-in-class platform. Grafana Labs: Open and Composable Observability Grafana Labs has evolved beyond the Grafana open source visualization tool into a complete observability solution, which was recently named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. From Tools to Platform: The company transitioned from purely fostering open source tools to developing the Grafana Cloud Platform. This platform packages the open source technology into "more opinionated, out-of-the-box solutions" to accelerate the time-to-value for customers who are tired of complexity. Customer-Centric: The core philosophy remains solving problems. Grafana Cloud is designed to help organizations dive into infrastructure and application data, understand exactly what went wrong, and find the root cause quickly. SaaS Model: Grafana Labs sees the industry shift towards SaaS, where customers want to focus their finite engineering talent on core business challenges, leaving observability to the experts. The AI Assistant: Voice as the New UI • Anthony announces the General Availability (GA) of the Grafana Assistant, a major new capability built into the Grafana Cloud platform: • Generative & Agentic AI: The Assistant leverages Generative AI and Agentic AI models to allow users to have plain language conversations with their Grafana environments. • Utility & Speed: It moves beyond mere hype to provide real utility, assisting with data analysis, dashboard creation, and root cause analysis. It dramatically accelerates time-to-insight for both novice users and senior experts. • Open Source Advantage: The Assistant's high performance is partly due to Grafana Labs' unique position: the massive public content generated by its 25 million+ open source users has effectively pre-trained off-the-shelf AI models, allowing the company to focus development on integration and context rather than expensive foundational model training. • Future Consulting: The capability opens up exciting possibilities for non-technical users to leverage technical data by playing "personas" (e.g., "act like a cybersecurity expert" or "act as a network engineer") to instantly get specialized insights. ExecOps Sponsorship: Built Better Together Grafana Labs is a Gold Sponsor of the ExecOps Melbourne event (October 22nd), which is part of Australia's largest tech networking conference series. Cultural Alignment: This sponsorship deeply aligns with the company's open source ethos: "Built Better Together." They aim to learn from and share with the community, encouraging collaboration between individuals who are often facing similar challenges. Local Engagement: Anthony, who transitioned from his global CTO role to focus on the APJ region, emphasizes the need to communicate about technology locally, helping Australian businesses overcome risk tolerance and isolation to adopt proven innovations faster. Networking Tip: Anthony offers dual advice: 1) Come with a clear set of questions to maximize value, and 2) Come with an open mind to hear and learn from others. Attendees are also advised to book an appointment ahead of time by reaching out to Anthony or the team via LinkedIn to secure a dedicated chat slot at the Grafana Labs booth. To learn more about Grafana Labs and Anthony Woods: • Visit the Grafana Labs website, learn about their Learning Journeys, and explore professional services: https://grafana.com/ • Follow Anthony on LinkedIn:   / anthonywoods   To learn more about ExecOps, and get involved: • For tickets and details visit: https://beerops.io/events/ Upcoming ExecOps event: • Melbourne: Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at Marvel Stadium • Sydney: Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at Dockside Group Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share!