Mirko Novakovic
CEOMirko Novakovic is the CEO and co-founder of Dash0, an observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and AI. Previously, he co-founded Instana, a leading application performance monitoring company acquired by IBM, and codecentric. As an active angel investor, he has backed more than 70 B2B SaaS startups. Mirko is passionate about building developer-first products and shaping the future of observability in the age of AI.
Latest publications
Blog
- Beyond ObservabilityJul 6, 2026
- From OpenTelemetry-Native to Observability for the AI EraJun 1, 2026
- Dash0 Named to Redpoint’s 2026 InfraRed 100May 27, 2026
- OllyGarden and Dash0 Announce Portel: The Industry's First Observability Platform for Portlet-Based Generative UIApr 1, 2026
- Dash0 Raises $110M Series B at $1B Valuation to Build the AI Nervous System for ProductionMar 23, 2026
Knowledge
Podcast
- #46 - Beyond Observability: Introducing Darkplane and the Future of AI-Native Software Delivery with Evgeni WachnowezkiJul 13, 2026
- #44 - Tracing at Planet Scale: How Zalando Monitors 60 Million Spans Per Second with Heinrich HartmannMay 28, 2026
- #43 - Observability at the Proxy Level: How Linkerd Brings Visibility to Services, Identity, and AI Agents with William MorganApr 30, 2026
- #42 - Killing Observability Noise: How Grepr Reduces Data by Up to 90% and Rebuilds the Pipeline with Jad NaousApr 16, 2026
- #40 - Breaking the Observability Model: Pricing, AI SRE, and a Developer-First Mindset with Juraj MasarMar 19, 2026