Kentik

Kentik is a network intelligence platform designed for modern infrastructure teams, including network operators, service providers, and enterprises managing complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments. The platform ingests and analyzes network telemetry data at scale to provide visibility into traffic flows, performance, and security across on-premises, cloud, and internet infrastructure. Core platform capabilities include multi-cloud observability, a network monitoring system (NMS), SD-WAN monitoring, synthetic monitoring, peering and interconnection analytics, and an observability data pipeline. Kentik also offers an AI Advisor feature and an agentic AI integration with ServiceNow, enabling automated analysis and network intelligence workflows. From a security perspective, Kentik provides network security and compliance tooling, DDoS detection and mitigation, network policy management, and security incident investigation capabilities. These functions are built on top of the same telemetry and data engine used for performance monitoring, enabling unified visibility across operational and security use cases. The platform targets a broad range of organizations including large enterprises, cloud providers, ISPs, and digital media companies. Customers listed include Google, Akamai, Zoom, Dropbox, Canva, and ServiceNow. Kentik is delivered as a cloud-based SaaS platform and includes a Universal Data Explorer, a proprietary Kentik Data Engine, and support for integrations with third-party tools. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by investors including August Capital, First Round Capital, and Third Point Ventures.