Earley AI Podcast – Ep. 86: Open Source, Observability, and AI-Driven Engineering with Tom Wilkie
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Seth Earley speaks with Tom Wilkie about how Grafana Labs leverages open source and engineering culture to gain a competitive edge.
How Grafana Labs Built a Competitive Edge Through Openness, Agentic AI, and Engineering Culture Guest: Tom Wilkie, VP of Product at Grafana Labs Host: Seth Earley, CEO at Earley Information Science Published on: April 17, 2026 In this episode, Seth Earley speaks with Tom Wilkie, VP of Product at Grafana Labs, a leading observability platform serving 25 million users across 50 global regions. They explore how Grafana's open source "big tent" philosophy creates unexpected competitive advantag...
People in this episode
Host: Seth Earley
Guest: Tom Wilkie
Topics covered
- open source
- observability
- AI-driven engineering
- competitive advantage
- engineering culture
Keywords
- Grafana Labs
- open source
- AI
- engineering culture
- observability
- competitive advantage
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Organizations: Grafana Labs, Earley Information Science
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