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  "id": 226539,
  "title": "Datadog drops 15%+ after forecasting weaker full-year sales due to reduced usage from its largest client, a leading AI company; Q2 revenue rises 36% to $1.12B (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/datadog-drops-15-after-forecasting-weaker-full-year-sales-due-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/datadog-says-lower-usage-from-major-ai-customer-could-dent-growth-8b8904c9?st=DTErXc&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The data-security company still posted growth in the second quarter, but shared a full-year sales outlook that was below Wall Street estimates",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Ad measurement company VideoAmp laid off ~20% of staff this week, citing AI as a \"major platform shift\"; sources: 50-60 employees were cut, including its CTO (Nat Ives/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/ad-measurement-company-videoamp-laid-off-20-of-staff-this-week-citing",
        "published": "2026-08-07T14:20:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}