New offering helps teams keep more data, search it faster, and spend less — without replacing their existing tools

Imply, the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid®, today announce Imply Lumi, the industry’s first Observability Warehouse — a high-performance, cost-efficient data layer built to plug into existing observability tools with zero disruption.

Observability and security teams are under growing pressure to retain more data, accelerate investigations, and reduce costs — all while juggling legacy systems, expanding telemetry, and siloed vendor ecosystems. The path forward lies in decoupling: using the best tool for each layer of the stack, scaling independently, and accelerating innovation through an open, modular approach.

“Decoupling the observability stack gives teams the freedom to do more while spending less,” said Fangjin Yang, CEO and co-founder of Imply. “Just as decoupling transformed business intelligence, Imply Lumi brings that same flexibility and control to observability — without requiring teams to abandon the tools they already rely on.”

Imply Lumi Expands What You Can Do with Splunk

At launch, Imply Lumi includes native integrations with Splunk, Grafana Labs, Tableau, and AI assistants like Claude and Langchain — extending observability data into both dashboards and AI-powered interfaces.

We’ve proven that Imply Lumi can take log data, optimize it for faster searches, and store it more efficiently than traditional formats — and that has our partners and early adopters excited,” said Eric Tschetter, Chief Architect at Imply. “With these innovations, teams can keep all their logs in a format that works seamlessly with Splunk, combining efficiency, speed, and compatibility in one solution.”

As a recognized member of the Splunk Partnerverse, Imply is working alongside Splunk’s ecosystem of technology and services partners to extend the value of Splunk deployments. By deploying Imply Lumi alongside Splunk, customers can keep using the tools they know while gaining the scale and efficiency they need to meet today’s observability demands.

Ingest with Your Existing Tools

Imply Lumi works with what you already have — including Splunk Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, and OpenTelemetry — via S2S or S3. No custom agents. No pipeline rewrites.

Federated Search in Splunk

Imply Lumi integrates as a Splunk-compatible federated provider, letting teams run native SPL (Search Processing Language) queries directly from the Splunk UI or API. Dashboards, alerts, and workflows stay exactly the same — just backed by Imply Lumi’s optimized data store.

Additional Information

• To learn more about Imply Lumi, please see the Imply blog post.
• For media inquiries or to request a demo, please contact Imply.

About Imply

Imply, the Data Layer for Observability, Security, and AI, empowers organizations to keep more data, search it faster, and spend less — without changing their tools. Founded by the original creators of Apache Druid®, Imply delivers cloud-native infrastructure trusted by leading enterprises worldwide. Backed by a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Thoma Bravo, Imply is headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Learn more at imply.io.

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"Imply Lumi brings that same flexibility and control to observability — without requiring teams to abandon the tools they already rely on.”