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DevRel newsletter — June 2026

Following its acquisition of Jina AI, Elastic has released `jina-embeddings-v5-omni` on the Elastic Inference Service, enabling unified multimodal search across text, images, audio…

Updated metrics pricing for Elastic Observability: Best-in-class metrics — now cheaper, too!

Elastic has reduced the price of TSDS metrics on Elastic Observability Serverless to just 25% of its standard per-GB rate for both ingest and retention. This update follows a signi…

Your AI isn’t underperforming. Your data foundation is.

New research indicates that many Australian businesses are struggling with AI performance due to poor data foundations and a tendency to prioritize usage metrics over measurable pr…

How migrating to Elastic Security helped a digital safety software company cut incidents by 85% with UnderDefense

With support from UnderDefense, a digital safety SaaS provider migrated from an inefficient QRadar deployment to Elastic Security, resulting in an 85% reduction in security inciden…

CEO Ash Kulkarni's organizational announcement to Elastic employees

Elastic CEO Ash Kulkarni has announced an organizational restructuring that includes a 7% reduction in workforce to better adapt to advancements in AI and automation. The goal of t…

Elastic Stack 8.19.17 released

Elastic Stack version 8.19.17 has been released, with a recommendation for users to upgrade from the previous version, 8.19.16. For a complete list of bug fixes and specific produc…

Elastic Stack 9.3.6 released

Elastic Stack version 9.3.6 has been officially released, and users are encouraged to upgrade from previous versions like 9.3.5. This update includes various bug fixes and changes,…

Elastic’s no-code and full-code approaches to custom integrations

Elastic 9.4 introduces two distinct approaches for building custom integrations: a no-code "Automatic Import" tool and a developer-focused, LLM-agnostic toolkit called "Integration…

Building the Agentic SOC: A new model for financial services

To combat increasingly sophisticated AI-powered threats, financial institutions are transitioning toward "agentic SOCs" that use AI agents to augment human analysts through automat…

Elastic named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SIEM 2026 Vendor Assessment

Elastic has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide SIEM 2026 Vendor Assessment, recognized for its unified platform that integrates SIEM, XDR, and native automati…

Making Waves: Elastic named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection And Response Platforms, Q2 2026

Elastic has been named a "Strong Performer" in The Forrester Wave™ for Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms, Q2 2026, with specific recognition for its SIEM-replacement …

Monitor Claude activity in Elastic Security

Elastic has launched a new integration that pulls Anthropic’s Claude Compliance API events directly into Elastic Security, allowing organizations to centralize the monitoring of si…