# 7 lessons for IT leaders on using observability to monitor AI applications

DevFeed: [7 lessons for IT leaders on using observability to monitor AI applications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/7-lessons-for-it-leaders-on-using-observability-to-monitor-ai-applications-4830.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitor-ai-applications-llm-observability>)

Author: Brad Quarry

Published: 2026-08-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Elastic Blog - Elasticsearch, Kibana, and ELK Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elastic-blog-elasticsearch-kibana-and-elk-stack.md>)

Topics: [ai observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-observability.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [AI, ML & Data Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-ml-data-engineering.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/instrumentation.md>), [large-language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-language-models.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitor.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>)

## AI overview

An Elastic IT case study argues that LLM observability should be included in AI application MVPs so teams can measure usage, time savings, and return on investment from the start.

## Source excerpt

Discover the seven lessons we learned as we evolve our LLM observability practice to monitor and improve our AI applications.