diff --git a/integration/libs/telemetry/telemetry_test.go b/integration/libs/telemetry/telemetry_test.go
index 830b1f0cc..9632d46b6 100644
--- a/integration/libs/telemetry/telemetry_test.go
+++ b/integration/libs/telemetry/telemetry_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/integration/internal/acc"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry/events"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/client"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -42,16 +43,16 @@ func TestTelemetryLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	// Log some events.
 	err := telemetry.Log(ctx, telemetry.FrontendLogEntry{
 		DatabricksCliLog: telemetry.DatabricksCliLog{
-			CliTestEvent: telemetry.CliTestEvent{
-				Name: telemetry.DummyCliEnumValue1,
+			CliTestEvent: events.CliTestEvent{
+				Name: events.DummyCliEnumValue1,
 			},
 		},
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = telemetry.Log(ctx, telemetry.FrontendLogEntry{
 		DatabricksCliLog: telemetry.DatabricksCliLog{
-			CliTestEvent: telemetry.CliTestEvent{
-				Name: telemetry.DummyCliEnumValue2,
+			CliTestEvent: events.CliTestEvent{
+				Name: events.DummyCliEnumValue2,
 			},
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/events/bundle_init.go b/libs/telemetry/events/bundle_init.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb303abe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/telemetry/events/bundle_init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package events
+
+// Corresponds to the `DatabricksCliBundleInitEvent` proto message in `databricks_cli_log.proto`
+// as of 20 Dec 2024.
+type BundleInitEvent struct {
+	// UUID associated with the DAB itself. This is serialized into the DAB
+	// when a user runs `databricks bundle init` and all subsequent deployments of
+	// that DAB can then be associated with this init event.
+	Uuid string `json:"uuid,omitempty"`
+
+	// Name of the template initialized when the user ran `databricks bundle init`
+	// This is only populated when the template is a first party template like
+	// mlops-stacks or default-python.
+	TemplateName BundleTemplate `json:"template_name,omitempty"`
+
+	// Arguments used by the user to initialize the template. Only enum
+	// values will be set here by the Databricks CLI.
+	//
+	// We use a generic map representation here because a bundle template's args are
+	// managed in the template itself and maintaining a copy typed schema for it here
+	// will be untenable in the long term.
+	TemplateEnumArgs map[string]string `json:"template_enum_args,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type BundleTemplate string
+
+const (
+	BundleTemplateMlopsStacks   BundleTemplate = "mlops-stacks"
+	BundleTemplateDefaultPython BundleTemplate = "default-python"
+	BundleTemplateDefaultSql    BundleTemplate = "default-sql"
+	BundleTemplateDbtSql        BundleTemplate = "dbt-sql"
+	BundleTemplateCustom        BundleTemplate = "custom"
+)
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/events/test_event.go b/libs/telemetry/events/test_event.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbd474fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/telemetry/events/test_event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package events
+
+// dummy event for testing the telemetry pipeline. Corresponds to `DatabricksCliTestEvent`
+// proto in `databricks_cli_log.proto` as of 20 Dec 2024.
+type CliTestEvent struct {
+	Name DummyCliEnum `json:"name,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type DummyCliEnum string
+
+const (
+	DummyCliEnumUnspecified DummyCliEnum = "DUMMY_CLI_ENUM_UNSPECIFIED"
+	DummyCliEnumValue1      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE1"
+	DummyCliEnumValue2      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE2"
+	DummyCliEnumValue3      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE3"
+)
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/frontend_log.go b/libs/telemetry/frontend_log.go
index 915aa71ab..05960446a 100644
--- a/libs/telemetry/frontend_log.go
+++ b/libs/telemetry/frontend_log.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package telemetry
 
+import "github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry/events"
+
 // This corresponds to the FrontendLog lumberjack proto in universe.
 // FrontendLog is the top-level struct for any client-side logs at Databricks
 // regardless of whether they are generated from the CLI or the web UI.
@@ -15,19 +17,6 @@ type FrontendLogEntry struct {
 }
 
 type DatabricksCliLog struct {
-	CliTestEvent CliTestEvent `json:"cli_test_event,omitempty"`
+	CliTestEvent    events.CliTestEvent    `json:"cli_test_event,omitempty"`
+	BundleInitEvent events.BundleInitEvent `json:"bundle_init_event,omitempty"`
 }
-
-// dummy event for testing the telemetry pipeline
-type CliTestEvent struct {
-	Name DummyCliEnum `json:"name,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type DummyCliEnum string
-
-const (
-	DummyCliEnumUnspecified DummyCliEnum = "DUMMY_CLI_ENUM_UNSPECIFIED"
-	DummyCliEnumValue1      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE1"
-	DummyCliEnumValue2      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE2"
-	DummyCliEnumValue3      DummyCliEnum = "VALUE3"
-)
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/logger_test.go b/libs/telemetry/logger_test.go
index c2a88d388..e0fa4332d 100644
--- a/libs/telemetry/logger_test.go
+++ b/libs/telemetry/logger_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/telemetry/events"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ func TestTelemetryLoggerFlushesEvents(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := NewContext(context.Background())
 
-	for _, v := range []DummyCliEnum{DummyCliEnumValue1, DummyCliEnumValue2, DummyCliEnumValue2, DummyCliEnumValue3} {
+	for _, v := range []events.DummyCliEnum{events.DummyCliEnumValue1, events.DummyCliEnumValue2, events.DummyCliEnumValue2, events.DummyCliEnumValue3} {
 		err := Log(ctx, FrontendLogEntry{DatabricksCliLog: DatabricksCliLog{
-			CliTestEvent: CliTestEvent{Name: v},
+			CliTestEvent: events.CliTestEvent{Name: v},
 		}})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ func TestTelemetryLoggerFlushExitsOnTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := NewContext(context.Background())
 
-	for _, v := range []DummyCliEnum{DummyCliEnumValue1, DummyCliEnumValue2, DummyCliEnumValue2, DummyCliEnumValue3} {
+	for _, v := range []events.DummyCliEnum{events.DummyCliEnumValue1, events.DummyCliEnumValue2, events.DummyCliEnumValue2, events.DummyCliEnumValue3} {
 		err := Log(ctx, FrontendLogEntry{DatabricksCliLog: DatabricksCliLog{
-			CliTestEvent: CliTestEvent{Name: v},
+			CliTestEvent: events.CliTestEvent{Name: v},
 		}})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}