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Founders Use OpenAI Codex and Vercel to Build Startups

The article profiles three startup founders—Vincent, Amerigo, and Jolina—participating in the 'Gründerszene sucht die Supergründer' fellowship program in Berlin. They leverage AI tools to build their consumer startups without deep coding expertise. OpenAI's Codex is used for coding assistance, code review, and automated testing, while Vercel handles deployment and preview testing via private links. Dash0 is planned for future monitoring of AI application performance, latency, and costs, though not yet fully integrated. The ten-week program, supported by partners including OpenAI, Vercel, Dash0, and DHL, guides fellows from idea to product. All resulting products are owned by Axel Springer.

• Three founders use OpenAI's Codex for coding, review, and testing without deep coding skills.
• Vercel is used for deploying web applications and creating private preview links for testing.
• Dash0 is planned for monitoring AI application performance and costs, but is not yet in daily use.

Dash0 Acquires Polar Signals to Enhance AI Observability

Dash0, a German-American observability software startup, has acquired Berlin-based Polar Signals, a company specializing in continuous profiling. The acquisition aims to integrate deeper code-level performance analysis into Dash0's platform and enable AI agents to autonomously monitor and optimize software. Dash0 plans to use Polar Signals' Great Lakes storage engine, replacing ClickHouse in its SignalStore infrastructure. Founded in 2023 by Mirko Novakovic, Dash0 recently raised $110 million in Series B funding at a $1 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status. It serves over 750 customers, including Zalando, Taco Bell, and The Telegraph. The deal highlights Dash0's shift from traditional monitoring to AI-driven self-optimizing software, where AI agents can identify and fix performance issues before human intervention.

• Dash0 acquired Polar Signals, a Berlin-based continuous profiling startup.
• Dash0 will integrate Polar Signals' profiling data into its AI agent 'Agent0'.
• Polar Signals' Great Lakes storage engine will replace ClickHouse in Dash0's SignalStore.

Dash0 Acquires Berlin Startup Polar Signals to Strengthen AI Platform

German-American observability startup Dash0 has acquired Berlin-based Polar Signals, a startup specializing in continuous profiling. The companies announced the deal on Monday. Dash0 plans to integrate Polar Signals' profiling technology into its platform, allowing developers to trace CPU and memory consumption down to specific code lines. It is also building agentic features, including Agent0 and AutoTune, which enable AI agents to detect inefficiencies and prepare optimization pull requests. As part of the transaction, Dash0 will adopt Polar Signals' storage engine Great Lakes as the basis of its SignalStore, replacing ClickHouse. Dash0 was founded in 2023 by Mirko Novakovic, who previously built Instana and sold it to IBM in 2020. The company recently raised $110 million in Series B funding at a $1 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status. It counts more than 750 customers, including Zalando, Taco Bell, and The Telegraph.

• Dash0 acquired Berlin-based startup Polar Signals, announced around August 20, 2026.
• Polar Signals specializes in continuous profiling, which helps developers trace CPU and memory usage to specific code lines.
• Dash0 will use Polar Signals' Great Lakes storage engine as the basis for SignalStore, replacing ClickHouse.

Qlik Expands MCP Availability Across AWS and Databricks Marketplaces

Qlik announced expanded availability of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in AWS Marketplace and Databricks Marketplace. The move lets customers connect AI assistants and agents to Qlik's governed data, analytics context, lineage, calculations, and transformation capabilities within the environments they already use. Qlik MCP exposes Qlik at the engine, tool, and agent levels, enabling natural-language querying and faster data pipeline development without duplicating analytics logic. Databricks customers can purchase Qlik solutions through the Databricks Marketplace using Universal Commits. The launch builds on the general availability of Qlik's agentic analytics experience and MCP server earlier in 2026 and extends Qlik's reach into AWS AI environments including Amazon Bedrock. Josh Good, VP of Corporate Strategy at Qlik, said customers want agent frameworks to work with trusted business data and existing metrics.

• Qlik announced expanded availability of its MCP server in AWS Marketplace and Databricks Marketplace.
• Qlik MCP is live in AWS Marketplace, including integration with Amazon Bedrock.
• Qlik MCP is now available in Databricks Marketplace, with Databricks customers able to use Universal Commits to purchase Qlik solutions.

Qlik Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software

Qlik has been named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software, reinforcing its position in the data intelligence market.