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
- Two founders, one dinner, and the deal that followed. Here's the story, from usAug 17, 2026
- Dash0 Acquires Polar Signals, Bringing Continuous Profiling, Including GPU and CUDA Insight, Into SignalStore and Agent0Aug 17, 2026
- 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
Knowledge
Podcast
- #49 - The Single Pane of Glass Is a Myth: AI, Telemetry and the Future of Observability with Clint SharpSep 3, 2026
- #48 – Why We Acquired Polar Signals with CEO Frederic BranczykAug 19, 2026
- #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