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AI’s maturity moment and the architecture that survives it

This article argues that AI is entering a maturity phase where foundational infrastructure is more critical than rapid innovation. While AI adoption is accelerating, operational, e…

Observability trends for 2026 (Part 2): GenAI and OpenTelemetry reshape the landscape

This article forecasts that by 2026, Generative AI (GenAI) and OpenTelemetry (OTel) will be central to enterprise observability. Nearly all organizations will be utilizing GenAI to…

Elastic 9.3: Chat with your data, build custom AI agents, automate everything

Elastic 9.3 is a major release focused on integrating AI capabilities throughout the Elasticsearch Platform. It introduces features like Elastic Agent Builder, allowing users to ch…

Introducing Elastic Workflows: Native automation for Elasticsearch

Elastic Workflows is a new automation engine built directly into Elasticsearch, unifying scripted and AI-powered automation within the platform. This eliminates the need for comple…

Context engineering: The missing layer for trusted AI in financial services

This article highlights context engineering as the crucial next step for successful AI implementation in financial services, moving beyond simply improving models and prompts. Whil…

How Elastic Support uses AI to deliver faster, expert-verified solutions

Elastic Support leverages AI – specifically a tool called Support Assistant – to accelerate issue resolution, but crucially pairs it with human expertise for verification and quali…

How financial services companies are building contextual intelligence at scale

Financial services companies are moving beyond simply analyzing data to embedding real-time intelligence directly into their systems and workflows – a concept called "data ubiquity…

Distributed and AI-powered search for OODA loop

This article highlights how the UK Ministry of Defence is leveraging a data mesh architecture and AI to improve decision-making within the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) loop.…

ECS delivers smarter security and cost transparency with Elastic Cloud

ECS leverages Elastic Cloud to provide managed security services, scaling operations and enhancing threat detection for its customers. They’ve built a chargeback model using Elasti…

DevRel newsletter — January 2026

This January 2026 Elastic newsletter highlights the latest features in version 9.2 of the Elastic Stack, including the new Elastic Agent Builder for creating AI agents and Streams …

Elastic at AWS re:Invent: Concluding a year of partnership in agentic AI innovation

Elastic and AWS continued a strong partnership in 2025, focusing on driving innovation in agentic AI and cloud solutions. They deepened their technical integration across observabi…

Elastic Cloud Serverless on Google Cloud expands globally

Elastic has expanded its Elastic Cloud Serverless offering on Google Cloud to four new regions in Europe and APAC, bringing the total to 10 globally. This fully managed, serverless…