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AppDynamics

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APM Monitoring platform for cloud applications

AppDynamics was an American observability, full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) company based in San Francisco. In 2017, it was acquired for $3.7 billion by Cisco, and later (2025) merged into Splunk, which Cisco had acquired in 2024.3 It was founded by Jyoti Bansal.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded1
  • IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1
  • Websitewww.appdynamics.com
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address303 Second Street, North Tower, 8Th Floor, San Francisco, Ca 941076
  • Legal formCorporation4
  • LEI549300UUKOD2HIPLQ2724
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company, 19801 Wilmington, United States4

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Image: appdynamics.com5

AppDynamics was an American observability, full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) company based in San Francisco. In 2017, it was acquired for $3.7 billion by Cisco, and later (2025) merged into Splunk, which Cisco had acquired in 2024.3

Corporate structure

AppDynamics is part of a group headed by Cisco. 320 entities, 82 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Jyoti Bansal in 2008.1

AppDynamics was founded in 2008 by Jyoti Bansal, a former lead software architect at Wily Technologies, a provider of application performance management technology. AppDynamics received five rounds of funding totaling $206.5 Million.

On April 10, 2013, CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District in New York. The lawsuit claims that AppDynamics violated three patents that came into CA Technologies' possession through acquisitions. This was the second action CA Technologies filed in connection with alleged infringement of patents obtained in the acquisition of Wily Technology. In November 2012, CA Technologies filed a lawsuit asserting patent infringement of the same three APM patents against software company, New Relic. On April 20, 2015, AppDynamics and CA settled the two-year-old patent dispute. AppDynamics said that it paid a "modest fixed payment."

In January 2017, Cisco acquired AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, just days before a planned IPO of the company. In March 2017, Cisco completed the acquisition of AppDynamics. In 2025, AppDynamics was merged into Splunk, which Cisco had acquired in 2024.

From Wikipedia’s article on AppDynamics, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led AppDynamics, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Former names

  • SINGULARITY TECHNOLOGIES INCMay 8, 2008 to May 8, 20086

Timeline

  1. 2017Acquired Acquired by Cisco1
  2. 2008Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How AppDynamics is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARAPPDYNAMICS INC2
  • CIK0001435043
  • Employer ID (EIN)26-23573162
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsJanuary 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7372 Services-Prepackaged Software2
  • Business address303 Second Street, North Tower, 8Th Floor, San Francisco, CA 941072
  • Phone415-442-84262
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 8, 20082
  • Filings14 in all: DRS/A (3), CERTNAS (2), D (2), S-1/A (2), 8-A12B (1), DRS (1), REGDEX (1), RW (1)2
    All 9 form types

    S-1 (1)

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