# Shares of Datadog Inc. popped after it crushed Wall Street’s expectations with its first-quarter financial results.

*business · news · 2026-05-08 · SiliconANGLE News*

## Key points

- Datadog raised full-year earnings guidance to $2.36-$2.44, up from $2.08-$2.16 previously.
- Datadog signed seven-figure and eight-figure deals with AI research divisions of top tech firms.
- Q1 net income more than doubled to $52.6 million, up from $24.6 million last year.
- Datadog's AI monitoring specialization has increased demand as companies manage complex AI infrastructure.

**Companies:** Datadog Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc., Twilio Inc., Snowflake Inc., MongoDB Inc., Dynatrace Inc., Elastic N.V.

[Read the full story on SiliconANGLE News](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/07/datadogs-stock-jumps-31-crushing-earnings-beat-showing-theres-still-hope-software/)

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