Observability remains a major budget drain for organizations, with high costs and the need for transparent pricing.Startup Dash0 aims to address the cost issue by improving transparency in observability through the use of the open-source framework OpenTelemetry.Dash0 raised a $9.5 million seed funding round and is led by founder Mirko Novakovic, who previously sold his company Instana to IBM.Dash0 plans to unlock the benefits of OpenTelemetry with an intuitive UI, dashboards, and integrations, targeting companies with 50-5,000 employees.