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'''Honeycomb.io''', or '''Honeycomb''', is an American software company known for providing a platform for ] of applications, ] and other ]. Honeycomb is focused on providing consumer-grade ] and ] tools. Honeycomb was founded in 2016 by Charity Majors and Christine Yen, both being former ] engineers.
'''Honeycomb''' (stylized as '''honeycomb.io''') is an American software company known for its eponymous ] and ] (APM) platform and for its ] (DEI) practices. Honeycomb's ] investors to date include ], ], and ].<ref name="tc-seriesa" /><ref name="bi-seriesb" /><ref name="vb-seriesc" /><ref name="sa-seriesd" />

Honeycomb's tooling enables software developers to ] live ]s, especially those using a ] architecture.<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="tc-seriesa" /> Honeycomb accepts telemetry from applications ] with the ] ], in addition to Structured ] data or other custom integrations.<ref name="cncf">{{cite web |title=OpenTelemetry becomes a CNCF incubating project |url=https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/26/opentelemetry-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project/ |website=Cloud Native Computing Foundation |access-date=11 October 2023 |date=26 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gain |first1=B. Cameron |title=Observability in 2022: It Pays to Learn |url=https://thenewstack.io/observability-in-2022-it-pays-to-learn/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=The New Stack |date=23 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krill |first=Paul |date=2016-11-03 |title=Ex-Facebook, Dropbox engineers offer debugging as a service |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3137501/ex-facebook-dropbox-engineers-offer-debugging-as-a-service.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=InfoWorld |language=en}}</ref> Honeycomb offers metrics and tracing visualizations as well as AI-assisted debugging capabilities.<ref name="pariseau">{{cite news |last1=Pariseau |first1=Beth |title=Observability maven 'cranky' about AIOps embraces GPT|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366536578/Observability-maven-cranky-about-AIOps-embraces-GPT |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=TechTarget IT Operations |date=3 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="vb-seriesc" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vizard |first1=Mike |title=Honeycomb Taps ChatGPT to Simplify Observability |url=https://devops.com/honeycomb-taps-chatgpt-to-simplify-observability/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=DevOps.com |date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Joab |title=With ChatGPT, Honeycomb Users Simply Say What They're Looking for |url=https://thenewstack.io/with-chatgpt-honeycomb-users-simply-say-what-theyre-looking-for/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=The New Stack |date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vizard |first1=Michael |title=Honeycomb adds metrics to observability platform for service request tracking |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/honeycomb-adds-metrics-to-observability-platform-for-service-request-tracking/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=VentureBeat |date=10 June 2021}}</ref> The underlying software is a proprietary ] running on ]. Amazon has promoted the company as an early adopter of the ] family of ]s.<ref name="tns-architecture">{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Joab |title=This Week in Programming: Honeycomb's ARM Advantage |url=https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-honeycombs-arm-advantage/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=The New Stack |date=15 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="zdnet">{{cite news |last1=Tiernan |first1=Ray |title=Amazon AWS announces Cloud WAN, 'one console to manage everything' |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-aws-announces-cloud-wan-one-console-to-manage-everything/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=ZDNET |date=12 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


== History == == History ==
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Honeycomb was founded in 2016 in ]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |last2=Griffith |first2=Erin |date=2019-11-22 |title=With Big Tech in Their Path, Start-Ups Turn to Business Markets |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/business/startups-enterprise-big-tech.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> by Charity Majors and Christine Yen, with both being known for contributing to platforms such as ] and ] (later acquired by Facebook).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |title=How this startup CEO became a secret weapon for star Valley engineers |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/honeycomb-ceo-charity-majors-is-a-force-of-nature-for-valley-engineers-2017-5 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> With Parse gone, Yen discussed with Majors about her idea of creating a startup. Majors wanted to build a tool that fixes problems with live applications running in the ], inspired by an important tool used internally at Facebook called Scuba.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Startup Honeycomb Vows to Show How Software Runs After Release |url=https://fortune.com/2017/04/11/honeycomb-application-debugging/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> Investors gave them $4 million in ].<ref name=":0" /> Honeycomb was founded in 2016 in ]<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news |last1=Lohr |first1=Steve |last2=Griffith |first2=Erin |date=2019-11-22 |title=With Big Tech in Their Path, Start-Ups Turn to Business Markets |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/business/startups-enterprise-big-tech.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> by Charity Majors and Christine Yen, both of whom were engineers at ] (later acquired by Facebook).<ref name="tc-seriesa" /><ref name="bi-seed">{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |title=How this startup CEO became a secret weapon for star Valley engineers |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/honeycomb-ceo-charity-majors-is-a-force-of-nature-for-valley-engineers-2017-5 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> After the acquisition of Parse by Facebook, Yen proposed to Majors that they found a ] together. Majors wanted to build a tool that fixes problems with live applications running in the ], inspired by the Scuba in-memory analytics tool they had used at Facebook.<ref name="seed-fortune">{{cite news |last1=Darrow |first1=Barb |title=Startup Honeycomb Vows to Show How Software Runs After Release |url=https://fortune.com/2017/04/11/honeycomb-application-debugging/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Fortune |date=11 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref>


Investors invested $4 million in ],<ref name="bi-seed" /> followed by $11M in Series A funding in 2019<ref name="tc-seriesa">{{cite news |last1=Lunden |first1=Ingrid |title=Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/honeycomb-io-raises-11-4m-to-help-developers-observe-and-debug-their-apps/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=TechCrunch |date=26 September 2019}}</ref> and $20M in Series B funding in 2020.<ref name="bi-seriesb">{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Rosalie |title=Developer startup Honeycomb, founded by ex-Facebookers, raises $20 million as growth surges |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/honeycomb-ex-facebookers-raised-20-million-in-funding-2020-9 |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=Business Insider |date=2 February 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Honeycomb announced a $50M Series C ].<ref name="vb-seriesc">{{cite news |last1=Sawers |first1=Paul |title=Software observability platform Honeycomb raises $50M |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/software-observability-platform-honeycomb-raises-50m/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=VentureBeat |date=20 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Xing |first1=Jessica |title=Investors didn't really 'get' this DevOps startup at first — now it raised a $50 million Series C. Read the pitch deck that made it click. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-honeycomb-data-startup-funding-series-c-insight-partners-2021-10 |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=Business Insider |date=20 October 2021}}</ref> In 2023, Honeycomb announced that it had raised an additional $50 million in Series D funding, for a total of $150 million in funding to-date.<ref name="sa-seriesd">{{cite news |last1=Gillin |first1=Paul |title=Observability platform Honeycomb pockets $50M in new funding |url=https://siliconangle.com/2023/04/06/observability-platform-honeycomb-pockets-50m-new-funding/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=SiliconANGLE |date=6 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="tc-pitchdeck">{{cite news |last1=Kamps |first1=Haje Jan |title=Sample Series D pitch deck: Honeycomb's $50M deck |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/20/sample-series-d-pitch-deck-honeycomb/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=TechCrunch |date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, Honeycomb announced that it has raised $50 million in ] funding, following momentum in 2022 where it achieved another consecutive year of growth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Honeycomb |title=Observability Market Creator Honeycomb Nabs $50M in Rare Series D Funding as Economy Fuels Its Growth |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/observability-market-creator-honeycomb-nabs-50m-in-rare-series-d-funding-as-economy-fuels-its-growth-853745448.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.newswire.ca |language=en}}</ref> The round was led by ] firm ], with participation from other existing investors. The funding will be used to accelerate Honeycomb's growth and expand its offerings, with plans to hire more engineers, open new offices and invest in research and development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=With new funding, Honeycomb.io CEO sees observability taking off |url=https://siliconangle.com/2023/04/13/new-funding-honeycomb-io-ceo-sees-observability-taking-off-cubeconversations/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}</ref>


In December 2021, Honeycomb began an experiment in ] by appointing an ] to its board of directors, an uncommon governance practice for a United States company.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kramer |first1=Anna |title=Honeycomb puts engineer on board of directors |url=https://www.protocol.com/workplace/board-of-directors-honeycomb-engineer |date=16 December 2021 |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=Protocol}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bahat |first1=Roy E. |last2=Kochan |first2=Thomas A. |last3=Rubenstein |first3=Liba Wenig |title=The Labor-Savvy Leader |url=https://hbr.org/2023/07/the-labor-savvy-leader |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Harvard Business Review |date=1 July 2023}}</ref> As of 2023, the executive team, board, and employees of Honeycomb are each at least half women and ], making the company unusually ] for a technology startup.<ref name="tc-pitchdeck" /><ref name="tc-seriesd">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Ron |title=Honeycomb scores $50M investment as observability platform thrives |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/06/honeycomb-lands-50m-investment-to-expand-modern-observability-platform/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=TechCrunch |date=6 April 2023}}</ref>
== Features ==
Honeycomb is focused on providing consumer-grade ] and ] tools,<ref name=":1" /> which developers use to observe code on live applications, microservices and other processes in order to identify problems that may arise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2019-09-26 |title=Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/honeycomb-io-raises-11-4m-to-help-developers-observe-and-debug-their-apps/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> Honeycomb has ]<nowiki/>s for ], ], and ]. Structured ] data also can be accepted, and Honeycomb's libraries help users ] code.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krill |first=Paul |date=2016-11-03 |title=Ex-Facebook, Dropbox engineers offer debugging as a service |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3137501/ex-facebook-dropbox-%20engineers-offer-debugging-as-a-service.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=InfoWorld |language=en}}</ref>


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American software company
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Hound Technology, Inc.
Trade name
  • Honeycomb
  • honeycomb.io
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware development tooling
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Founders
  • Christine Yen (CEO)
  • Charity Majors (CTO)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
ProductsHoneycomb
ServicesSaaS observability platform
Websitewww.honeycomb.io

Honeycomb (stylized as honeycomb.io) is an American software company known for its eponymous observability and application performance management (APM) platform and for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. Honeycomb's venture capital investors to date include Headline, Scale Venture Partners, and Insight Partners.

Honeycomb's tooling enables software developers to debug live software applications, especially those using a microservice architecture. Honeycomb accepts telemetry from applications instrumented with the OpenTelemetry SDKs, in addition to Structured JSON data or other custom integrations. Honeycomb offers metrics and tracing visualizations as well as AI-assisted debugging capabilities. The underlying software is a proprietary columnar database running on Amazon Web Services. Amazon has promoted the company as an early adopter of the Graviton family of ARM processors.

History

Charity Majors in 2019

Honeycomb was founded in 2016 in San Francisco by Charity Majors and Christine Yen, both of whom were engineers at Parse (later acquired by Facebook). After the acquisition of Parse by Facebook, Yen proposed to Majors that they found a startup together. Majors wanted to build a tool that fixes problems with live applications running in the cloud, inspired by the Scuba in-memory analytics tool they had used at Facebook.

Investors invested $4 million in seed money, followed by $11M in Series A funding in 2019 and $20M in Series B funding in 2020. In 2021, Honeycomb announced a $50M Series C funding round. In 2023, Honeycomb announced that it had raised an additional $50 million in Series D funding, for a total of $150 million in funding to-date.

In December 2021, Honeycomb began an experiment in co-determination by appointing an employee representative to its board of directors, an uncommon governance practice for a United States company. As of 2023, the executive team, board, and employees of Honeycomb are each at least half women and non-binary, making the company unusually gender diverse for a technology startup.

References

  1. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (26 September 2019). "Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ Chan, Rosalie (2 February 2021). "Developer startup Honeycomb, founded by ex-Facebookers, raises $20 million as growth surges". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ Sawers, Paul (20 October 2021). "Software observability platform Honeycomb raises $50M". VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ Gillin, Paul (6 April 2023). "Observability platform Honeycomb pockets $50M in new funding". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ Lohr, Steve; Griffith, Erin (2019-11-22). "With Big Tech in Their Path, Start-Ups Turn to Business Markets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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  8. Krill, Paul (2016-11-03). "Ex-Facebook, Dropbox engineers offer debugging as a service". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  9. Pariseau, Beth (3 May 2023). "Observability maven 'cranky' about AIOps embraces GPT". TechTarget IT Operations. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  10. Vizard, Mike (3 May 2023). "Honeycomb Taps ChatGPT to Simplify Observability". DevOps.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. Jackson, Joab (18 May 2023). "With ChatGPT, Honeycomb Users Simply Say What They're Looking for". The New Stack. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  12. Vizard, Michael (10 June 2021). "Honeycomb adds metrics to observability platform for service request tracking". VentureBeat. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  13. Jackson, Joab (15 July 2022). "This Week in Programming: Honeycomb's ARM Advantage". The New Stack. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  14. Tiernan, Ray (12 July 2022). "Amazon AWS announces Cloud WAN, 'one console to manage everything'". ZDNET. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  15. ^ Bort, Julie. "How this startup CEO became a secret weapon for star Valley engineers". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  16. Darrow, Barb (11 April 2017). "Startup Honeycomb Vows to Show How Software Runs After Release". Fortune. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  17. Xing, Jessica (20 October 2021). "Investors didn't really 'get' this DevOps startup at first — now it raised a $50 million Series C. Read the pitch deck that made it click". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  18. ^ Kamps, Haje Jan (20 April 2023). "Sample Series D pitch deck: Honeycomb's $50M deck". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  19. Kramer, Anna (16 December 2021). "Honeycomb puts engineer on board of directors". Protocol. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  20. Bahat, Roy E.; Kochan, Thomas A.; Rubenstein, Liba Wenig (1 July 2023). "The Labor-Savvy Leader". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  21. Miller, Ron (6 April 2023). "Honeycomb scores $50M investment as observability platform thrives". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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