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Outlyer was a San Francisco-based self-service infrastructure monitoring platform, acquired by DevOps company Bitrise in 2019.
Also known as Dataloop.io
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Outlyer, founded in 2013, built a self-service monitoring solution designed for organisations handling millions of metrics, giving them visibility across their services. The platform was used to monitor and analyse metrics in real time, with customers including online services such as Netflix and the BBC.
The company was headquartered in San Francisco. In March 2019 it was acquired by Bitrise, a Budapest-based DevOps platform for mobile app development, with the entire Outlyer team joining the acquirer to integrate the monitoring technology into Bitrise's platform and to continue supporting existing Outlyer customers.
Business model
Outlyer offered a self-service monitoring product used by organisations to instrument and observe their services and infrastructure.
Latest developments
In March 2019 Bitrise announced the acquisition of Outlyer, with the Outlyer team focusing initially on integrating its monitoring and analytics technology into the Bitrise mobile DevOps platform.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as a self-service monitoring vendor for container- and microservice-based environments, with adoption at large online services prior to its acquisition by Bitrise.
Technology
A monitoring and analytics platform capable of ingesting and analysing millions of metrics in real time and surfacing visibility across services. Company-produced technical talks covered container monitoring, Docker and Kubernetes, service meshes, microservices, feature flagging and continuous integration practices.
Go-to-market
Engineering and operations teams at organisations running services that generate large volumes of metrics; named users included Netflix and the BBC.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, United States; post-acquisition the combined Bitrise organisation spanned Budapest, London and San Francisco plus remote workers.
History
Outlyer was founded in 2013 and developed a self-service monitoring product for services generating large volumes of metrics. In March 2019 the company, then based in San Francisco, was acquired by Bitrise, a Budapest-based DevOps platform founded in 2014. The Outlyer team moved to Bitrise, which after the transaction employed more than 50 people across Budapest, London and San Francisco.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsBudapest-based DevOps platform Bitrise announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Outlyer. The entire Outlyer team joined Bitrise to integrate Outlyer's monitoring and analytics technology into the Bitrise platform while supporting existing Outlyer customers. Following the deal, Bitrise grew to over 50 people across Budapest, London and San Francisco.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Outlyer do?
- Outlyer was a San Francisco-based self-service infrastructure monitoring platform, acquired by DevOps company Bitrise in 2019.
- Who are Outlyer's investors?
- Outlyer's investors include Firestartr, OpenOcean, Fabric Ventures, Molten Ventures.