Definition
Bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) deployment keeps a vendor’s data plane (e.g., observability storage/processing) inside the customer’s cloud account rather than shipping telemetry to a multi-tenant SaaS cloud.
Key Points
- groundcover Series C thesis: full-fidelity telemetry without vendor volume pricing lock-in (2026-07-30-groundcover-100m-series-c)
- Privacy/control argument strengthens as AI agents consume production telemetry