AI is unlocking\u00a0unprecedented\u00a0opportunities while also driving unprecedented change.\u00a0Organizations across the globe are\u00a0investing\u00a0heavily\u00a0to capitalize on this opportunity\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0incorporating\u00a0agentic\u00a0AI\u00a0systems into their core business processes.\u00a0This\u00a0is creating a new\u00a0agentic workforce\u00a0that\u00a0is transforming\u00a0key functions like\u00a0software\u00a0development,\u00a0content creation,\u00a0and\u00a0customer support\u00a0into engines of innovation.\u00a0AI agents are\u00a0not just\u00a0productivity solutions\u00a0but are\u00a0crucial\u00a0digital coworkers\u00a0that\u00a0play critical roles\u00a0alongside\u00a0human\u00a0teams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We are thrilled to announce Cisco\u2019s intent to acquire Galileo Technologies, Inc.<\/p>\n
However, these leaps in innovation with Agentic AI are only as powerful as the trust we are able to place in them, and the quality of their outputs. To unlock the full potential of AI, it\u2019s essential to help ensure a foundation of transparency and accuracy. That is why we are thrilled to announce Cisco\u2019s intent to acquire Galileo Technologies, Inc., a dynamic player in the observability for AI space that is helping make AI more reliable, trustworthy, safe, and observable. Galileo was purpose-built to solve one of the hardest and most consequential problems in AI: Trust. From day 1, its platform has given AI teams the tools to evaluate AI quality, detect AI failures before they reach users, and continuously improve AI behavior in production \u2013 turning observability from a nice-to-have into a core pillar of AI development. Galileo\u2019s\u00a0market-leading platform provides\u202freal-time observability and\u00a0guardrails\u00a0for multi-agent systems\u202facross the agent development lifecycle\u00a0and has been adopted across the enterprise as the industry standard for instilling trust in their AI agents.\u202f<\/p>\n
Making AI observable across\u00a0the\u00a0full\u00a0AI\u00a0agent\u00a0development\u00a0lifecycle\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0democratization of AI brings new complexities.\u00a0The\u00a0behavior of\u00a0agentic\u00a0applications\u00a0can lead to\u00a0unexpected, inaccurate, low quality, or harmful\u00a0outputs.\u00a0These issues can\u00a0ultimately lead\u00a0to decreased customer trust, poor end-user experiences, and increased costs.\u00a0As a result,\u00a0teams need visibility\u00a0across the AI\u00a0stack\u00a0beyond signals\u00a0like latency\u00a0and\u00a0errors.\u00a0Observability must\u00a0evaluate\u00a0issues like\u00a0hallucinations\u00a0and\u00a0bias, security metrics to detect,\u00a0mitigate\u00a0business\u00a0risks, and\u00a0track\u00a0cost and usage metrics to ensure clear ROI.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galileo\u00a0will\u00a0help us\u00a0do just this,\u00a0expanding\u00a0Cisco\u2019s\u00a0deep bench\u00a0of AI\u00a0engineering talent\u00a0to\u00a0set\u00a0the\u00a0standard for AI agent\u00a0evaluation.\u00a0Galileo\u00a0will\u00a0strengthen\u00a0Cisco\u2019s Splunk\u00a0Observability portfolio and\u202fsupercharge our\u00a0current\u00a0AI Agent Monitoring\u202fcapabilities\u00a0in\u00a0Splunk\u00a0Observability\u00a0Cloud, giving\u00a0customers real-time visibility and protection into the\u00a0full agent development lifecycle\u00a0(ADLC).\u00a0Beyond this,\u00a0Galileo\u00a0gives teams a single platform to instrument every stage of the ADLC with the rigor that enterprises demand.\u00a0It is a\u00a0complete\u00a0solution that enables\u00a0deeper\u00a0insights\u00a0from the earliest stages of prompt optimization and model selection, through evaluations, all the way to production monitoring,\u00a0observability\u00a0and\u00a0enforcing\u00a0guardrails.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0acquisition\u00a0is\u00a0expected to close in Q4 of\u00a0Cisco\u2019s\u00a0fiscal\u00a0year 2026. Between now and then, both companies will continue\u00a0operating\u00a0independently, but our shared vision is clear. Together with\u00a0Galileo,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0empower customers to\u00a0build and\u00a0adopt\u00a0AI with confidence, control, and most importantly \u2013 trust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Forward-Looking Statements\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
This\u00a0blog post\u00a0may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements containing the words\u00a0\u201ctransform\u201d,\u00a0\u201cwill,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201ccontinues,\u201d or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, as well as similar expressions, or regarding the acquisition building leading edge protection, the expected benefits to Cisco and its customers from completing the acquisition, and plans regarding\u202fGalileo\u00a0personnel. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are\u00a0management\u2019s\u00a0beliefs and assumptions, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain, and outside of management\u2019s control. Additionally,\u00a0readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things,\u202fthe potential impact on the business of\u00a0Galileo\u00a0due to the uncertainty about the acquisition, the retention of employees of\u00a0Galileo\u00a0and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate\u00a0Galileo\u00a0and to achieve expected benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco\u2019s most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on limited information currently available\u00a0to Cisco, which is subject to change, and Cisco will not necessarily update the information.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI is unlocking\u00a0unprecedented\u00a0opportunities while also driving unprecedented change.\u00a0Organizations across the globe are\u00a0investing\u00a0heavily\u00a0to capitalize on this opportunity\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0incorporating\u00a0agentic\u00a0AI\u00a0systems into their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[9035,345,343,344,85,46,32738,28666,89831,183293,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-383997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-agentic-ai","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-ma","15":"tag-monitoring","16":"tag-observability","17":"tag-splunk","18":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}