Datadog’s stock extends steep declines in the wake of earnings
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Datadog getting punished for a soft revenue forecast is another sign that infra observability is no longer a guaranteed growth story in an AI-constrained capex world. If you’re a usage-based infra vendor, expect less tolerance for “land and expand” narratives and more pressure to tie directly to AI workloads and cost savings.
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