Layer A · LLM Observability & Evaluation
Galileo
Part of Cisco
AI observability and evaluation platform that turns offline evaluations into production guardrails.
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At a glance
- Category
- LLM Observability & Evaluation
- Control layer
- A: Build and run
- Five-Layer model
- Usage Transparency, Output Quality
- Status
- Acquired by Cisco
- Typical buyers
- Engineering and platform, AI leadership (CAIO)
- Delivery
- Not yet assessed
Buyer fit
Fits teams where output quality and reliability risk outweigh pure cost concerns, for example customer-facing agents. Pair it with a cost tool; quality data alone does not give unit cost. Since the Cisco deal, confirm whether it is sold on its own or through Splunk.
Market outlook
Cisco completed its acquisition of Galileo on 22 May 2026. Galileo is joining Splunk Observability, including AI agent monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud.
What to check
- Focus is evaluation and guardrails rather than spend.
- Ground-truth datasets built from synthetic, development and production data.
- Useful input to the Output Quality layer of value measurement.
Ownership and name changes
22 May 2026
Cisco completes acquisition of Galileo
An AI evaluation and guardrails platform joins Splunk Observability. Cisco blog
Sources
- Galileo (vendor site)
- Cisco: Cisco announces the intent to acquire Galileo, 9 April 2026 (completion update 22 May 2026)
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