diff --git a/model/modelpb/batch.pb.go b/model/modelpb/batch.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d085bb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/modelpb/batch.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.31.0
+// 	protoc        v4.24.3
+// source: batch.proto
+
+package modelpb
+
+import (
+	reflect "reflect"
+	sync "sync"
+
+	protoreflect "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	protoimpl "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Verify that this generated code is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(20 - protoimpl.MinVersion)
+	// Verify that runtime/protoimpl is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(protoimpl.MaxVersion - 20)
+)
+
+type APMBatch struct {
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+
+	Events []*APMEvent `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=events,proto3" json:"events,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (x *APMBatch) Reset() {
+	*x = APMBatch{}
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		mi := &file_batch_proto_msgTypes[0]
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+	}
+}
+
+func (x *APMBatch) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*APMBatch) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *APMBatch) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_batch_proto_msgTypes[0]
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled && x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use APMBatch.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*APMBatch) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_batch_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
+}
+
+func (x *APMBatch) GetEvents() []*APMEvent {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Events
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var File_batch_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
+
+var file_batch_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
+	0x0a, 0x0b, 0x62, 0x61, 0x74, 0x63, 0x68, 0x2e, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x12, 0x0e, 0x65,
+	0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x74, 0x69, 0x63, 0x2e, 0x61, 0x70, 0x6d, 0x2e, 0x76, 0x31, 0x1a, 0x0e, 0x61,
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+	0x08, 0x41, 0x50, 0x4d, 0x42, 0x61, 0x74, 0x63, 0x68, 0x12, 0x30, 0x0a, 0x06, 0x65, 0x76, 0x65,
+	0x6e, 0x74, 0x73, 0x18, 0x01, 0x20, 0x03, 0x28, 0x0b, 0x32, 0x18, 0x2e, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73,
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+	0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x52, 0x06, 0x65, 0x76, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x73, 0x42, 0x2b, 0x5a, 0x29, 0x67,
+	0x69, 0x74, 0x68, 0x75, 0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x74, 0x69,
+	0x63, 0x2f, 0x61, 0x70, 0x6d, 0x2d, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x2f, 0x6d, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x6c,
+	0x2f, 0x6d, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
+}
+
+var (
+	file_batch_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
+	file_batch_proto_rawDescData = file_batch_proto_rawDesc
+)
+
+func file_batch_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
+	file_batch_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
+		file_batch_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(file_batch_proto_rawDescData)
+	})
+	return file_batch_proto_rawDescData
+}
+
+var file_batch_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 1)
+var file_batch_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
+	(*APMBatch)(nil), // 0: elastic.apm.v1.APMBatch
+	(*APMEvent)(nil), // 1: elastic.apm.v1.APMEvent
+}
+var file_batch_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
+	1, // 0: elastic.apm.v1.APMBatch.events:type_name -> elastic.apm.v1.APMEvent
+	1, // [1:1] is the sub-list for method output_type
+	1, // [1:1] is the sub-list for method input_type
+	1, // [1:1] is the sub-list for extension type_name
+	1, // [1:1] is the sub-list for extension extendee
+	0, // [0:1] is the sub-list for field type_name
+}
+
+func init() { file_batch_proto_init() }
+func file_batch_proto_init() {
+	if File_batch_proto != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	file_apmevent_proto_init()
+	if !protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		file_batch_proto_msgTypes[0].Exporter = func(v interface{}, i int) interface{} {
+			switch v := v.(*APMBatch); i {
+			case 0:
+				return &v.state
+			case 1:
+				return &v.sizeCache
+			case 2:
+				return &v.unknownFields
+			default:
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	type x struct{}
+	out := protoimpl.TypeBuilder{
+		File: protoimpl.DescBuilder{
+			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
+			RawDescriptor: file_batch_proto_rawDesc,
+			NumEnums:      0,
+			NumMessages:   1,
+			NumExtensions: 0,
+			NumServices:   0,
+		},
+		GoTypes:           file_batch_proto_goTypes,
+		DependencyIndexes: file_batch_proto_depIdxs,
+		MessageInfos:      file_batch_proto_msgTypes,
+	}.Build()
+	File_batch_proto = out.File
+	file_batch_proto_rawDesc = nil
+	file_batch_proto_goTypes = nil
+	file_batch_proto_depIdxs = nil
+}
diff --git a/model/modelpb/batch_vtproto.pb.go b/model/modelpb/batch_vtproto.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5704ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/modelpb/batch_vtproto.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go-vtproto. DO NOT EDIT.
+// protoc-gen-go-vtproto version: v0.5.1-0.20230920154146-d6fc6ac3381e
+// source: batch.proto
+
+package modelpb
+
+import (
+	fmt "fmt"
+	io "io"
+	sync "sync"
+
+	proto "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	protoimpl "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Verify that this generated code is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(20 - protoimpl.MinVersion)
+	// Verify that runtime/protoimpl is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(protoimpl.MaxVersion - 20)
+)
+
+func (m *APMBatch) CloneVT() *APMBatch {
+	if m == nil {
+		return (*APMBatch)(nil)
+	}
+	r := APMBatchFromVTPool()
+	if rhs := m.Events; rhs != nil {
+		tmpContainer := make([]*APMEvent, len(rhs))
+		for k, v := range rhs {
+			tmpContainer[k] = v.CloneVT()
+		}
+		r.Events = tmpContainer
+	}
+	if len(m.unknownFields) > 0 {
+		r.unknownFields = make([]byte, len(m.unknownFields))
+		copy(r.unknownFields, m.unknownFields)
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) CloneMessageVT() proto.Message {
+	return m.CloneVT()
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) MarshalVT() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	size := m.SizeVT()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBufferVT(dAtA[:size])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) MarshalToVT(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.SizeVT()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBufferVT(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) MarshalToSizedBufferVT(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.unknownFields != nil {
+		i -= len(m.unknownFields)
+		copy(dAtA[i:], m.unknownFields)
+	}
+	if len(m.Events) > 0 {
+		for iNdEx := len(m.Events) - 1; iNdEx >= 0; iNdEx-- {
+			size, err := m.Events[iNdEx].MarshalToSizedBufferVT(dAtA[:i])
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			i -= size
+			i = encodeVarint(dAtA, i, uint64(size))
+			i--
+			dAtA[i] = 0xa
+		}
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
+
+var vtprotoPool_APMBatch = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return &APMBatch{}
+	},
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) ResetVT() {
+	if m != nil {
+		for _, mm := range m.Events {
+			mm.ResetVT()
+		}
+		f0 := m.Events[:0]
+		m.Reset()
+		m.Events = f0
+	}
+}
+func (m *APMBatch) ReturnToVTPool() {
+	if m != nil {
+		m.ResetVT()
+		vtprotoPool_APMBatch.Put(m)
+	}
+}
+func APMBatchFromVTPool() *APMBatch {
+	return vtprotoPool_APMBatch.Get().(*APMBatch)
+}
+func (m *APMBatch) SizeVT() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Events) > 0 {
+		for _, e := range m.Events {
+			l = e.SizeVT()
+			n += 1 + l + sov(uint64(l))
+		}
+	}
+	n += len(m.unknownFields)
+	return n
+}
+
+func (m *APMBatch) UnmarshalVT(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflow
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: APMBatch: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: APMBatch: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Events", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflow
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLength
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLength
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if len(m.Events) == cap(m.Events) {
+				m.Events = append(m.Events, &APMEvent{})
+			} else {
+				m.Events = m.Events[:len(m.Events)+1]
+				if m.Events[len(m.Events)-1] == nil {
+					m.Events[len(m.Events)-1] = &APMEvent{}
+				}
+			}
+			if err := m.Events[len(m.Events)-1].UnmarshalVT(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skip(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if (skippy < 0) || (iNdEx+skippy) < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLength
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.unknownFields = append(m.unknownFields, dAtA[iNdEx:iNdEx+skippy]...)
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/model/proto/batch.proto b/model/proto/batch.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8915990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/proto/batch.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package elastic.apm.v1;
+
+import "apmevent.proto";
+
+option go_package = "github.com/elastic/apm-data/model/modelpb";
+
+message APMBatch {
+  repeated APMEvent events = 1;
+}
+