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Sumo Logic
U.S. information technology company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sumo Logic, Inc. is a cloud-based data analytics company, focusing on cybersecurity, security analytics and observability.[3] It provides log management and analytics services based on artificial intelligence.[4]
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Sumo Logic's service is powered by its patented technologies, including AI/ML, Sumo Logic Log Analytics Platform, and Sumo Logic security innovations.[5] Sumo Logic was taken private by investment firm Francisco Partners in May 2023. Francisco Partners acquired the company for $1.7 billion.[6] As of 2025, its CEO is Mike Ties.[7]
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Sumo Logic was founded in 2010 by ArcSight veterans Kumar Saurabh and Christian Beedgen.
While Sumo Logic remained in stealth mode for two years, it unveiled its cloud-based log management platform with Series B funding of $15 million in January 2012.[8]
In June 2012, Sumo Logic announced Sumo Logic Free, a freemium full functionality edition of its analytical solution that is deployed on Amazon Web Services,[9] and in August 2012, the company announced Sumo Logic for VMware, which allows enterprises to search, visualize and analyze all VMware logs in real time so they can monitor and detect events within VMware virtual environments.[10]
Sumo Logic closed a Series E funding round in June 2015, bringing its total VC backing to $160.5 million.[11]
In 2016, Sumo Logic launched a data analytics platform that unifies logs and metrics to analyze structured metrics data and unstructured log data in real-time through graphical, interactive dashboards.[12]
At the AWS 2017 conference, Sumo Logic presented its machine data analytics service which combines the analytics of Docker and Kubernetes. The service streamlines data ingestion for Sumo Logic's machine data analytics service hosted on Amazon Web Services.[13]
On June 27, 2017, the company closed its Series F round for $75 million.[14]
In 2018, Sumo Logic announced its integration expansion with Google Cloud Platform, GCP applications and TensorFlow.[15] In September 2018, Sumo Logic announced the addition of cloud SIEM to its platform.[16]
In May 2019, Sumo Logic announced a $110 million Series G investment.[17][18]
On September 17, 2020, Sumo Logic debuted on the NASDAQ stock exchange in its initial public offering as a public company.[19]
In 2021 it was revealed that Sumo Logic, along with other vendors, had a kickback agreement with Michael Kail, a former Netflix vice president of IT operations convicted of fraud for receiving bribes from vendors. According to the US Department of Justice, he "became an advisor and received options for shares in the company Sumo Logic" and "authorized and signed on behalf of Netflix a vendor agreement between Netflix and Sumo Logic".[20] On 4th May 2021, the US Department of Justice announced that Michael Kail had been convicted on a number of counts related to the kick backs received from Sumo Logic and other vendors. Evidence in the case shows that Kail insisted on Sumo Logic's products being used, "despite his IT team feedback about the product underperforming."[21] Evidence presented at trial showed that Kail’s advisor role with Sumo Logic lasted from 2012 to 2014 and that Kail represented and warranted to Sumo Logic that his advisor role and receipt of options would not conflict with or violate any obligation of Kail’s. The evidence also showed that Sumo Logic was led to believe that there was no conflict with Kail’s obligations to Netflix and that Sumo Logic understood it was not guaranteed any contracts or provided any shortcuts. Sumo Logic was not a party to the criminal case, and no charges were ever brought, or claims made, against Sumo Logic.
In February 2023, investment firm Francisco Partners agreed to acquire Sumo Logic for $1.7 billion.[22] The transaction finalized and the company was taken private in May 2023.[23]
Prior to going private, Sumo Logic received funding from Accel Partners, DFJ Growth, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, angel investor Shlomo Kramer, Battery Ventures, Tiger Global Management and Franklin Templeton.[24][25]
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In 2019, the company acquired JASK to combine its security operations center (SOC) with Sumo Logic's security information and event management (SIEM) services.[26] Sumo Logic works with The Pokémon Company to provide analytics for Pokémon GO, including threats, security vulnerabilities, log aggregation, and security analytics.[27][28] In April 2019, Sumo Logic launched a bidirectional integration for Atlassian’s OpsGenie incident alert service,[29] allowing users to create and analyze alerts and incident data.[30]
It expanded into security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technology and monitoring workflow software with the acquisitions of DFLabs and Sensu in 2021.[31][32] That same year, the company announced DevSecOps tools on its platform.[33]
Sumo Logic's architecture features an elastic petabyte scale platform that collects, manages, and analyzes enterprise log data, reducing millions of log lines into operational and security insights in real time.[34] Its elastic processing is used to collect, manage, and analyze log data, regardless of type, volume, or location.[35] A cloud-based approach overcomes the inherent problems of premises-based solutions, including limits on scalability, inefficient or haphazard analysis, and uncontrolled costs.[36] Sumo Logic is built around a globally distributed data retention architecture that keeps all log data available for instant analysis, eliminating the need for an enterprise to manage the cost and complexity of data archiving, backups and restoration.[36] The service is entirely cloud-based and maintenance-free.[37]
In 2025, Sumo Logic Dojo AI, an agent-powered security operations service, was launched. Dojo AI uses three agents (Mobot, Query Agent and Summary Agent) to automate routine tasks and streamline security operations.[38]
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