Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Chronosphere, Next-Gen Observability Leader, for the AI Era

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Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Chronosphere for $3.35 billion in cash and replacement equity awards. The deal combines Chronosphere’s observability platform with Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex AgentiX to deliver real-time, agentic remediation for AI-native and cloud customers. The company expects the combination to improve visibility across security and observability data while reducing the cost of ingesting large data volumes. The transaction is subject to regulatory and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second half of fiscal 2026.

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Chronosphere

$50M to $100M