2023: DevTool Industry Year in Review

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  Mina BenothmanGrowth Marketing Manager
  Heavybit

Though it may be cliche to say, this year has been a rollercoaster for the devtools space and tech industry at large. The last 12 months have been marked by changes to hiring and fundraising from previous years, the rise of AI, a bank meltdown, just to name a few.

In this article, we look back at some of the biggest headlines and most popular links from our weekly DevToolsDigest by month. We hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane and look forward to seeing you again in the new year!

January

• 2023 software & development trends for engineering leaders
• Where did the explosive growth in venture activity come from?
• Meet Groundcover, the startup that’s building the next-gen observability stack

February

• ProgrammableWeb shuts down operations after 17 years
• Google announces ChatGPT rival Bard
• Netlify acquires Gatsby to accelerate adoption of composable web architectures

March

• First Citizens buys Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits And loans
• Google partners with AI startup Replit to take on Microsoft’s GitHub
• Fast Company’s full list of 540 most innovative companies

April

• Reddit begins charging for access to its API
• Twitter open-sourced its recommendation algorithm
• Bessemer Venture Partners releases the State of the Cloud report

May

• After years of resistance, AWS opens checkbook for open-source providers
• Accel celebrates 40 defining moments in tech over the last 40 years
• Google announces its new LLM PaLM 2

June

• Databricks strikes $1.3 billion deal for generative AI startup MosaicML
• OpenView releases 2023 PLG Rising 40 Awards
• GitHub survey reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience

July

• Meta and Microsoft introduce the next generation of Llama
• The Open Source Initiative works toward a definition of “Open Artificial Intelligence”
• InfoQ publishes report on 2023 devops and cloud trends

August

• HashiCorp moves to a Business Source License
• Hugging Face raises $235M
• Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic

September

• Cisco buys cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28B
• Modern devops' evolution into platform engineering in 2023
• GitLab surveys 1,001 senior technology executives on AI and DevSecOps

October

• AI startups still snag huge valuations despite lack of revenue
• A look at open source AI models
• Emerging legal challenges for open source in the age of AI

November

• “Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot”
• President Biden issues Executive Order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence
• PagerDuty scoops up incident management startup Jeli.io

December

• Fortune releases Cyber 60 of 2024
• The long-term implications of the Sam Altman and OpenAI chaos on the tech ecosystem
• 11 key software development trends (2024-2026)

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