[ACQUIRED]Jul 2026
Helicone joins Mintlify
Three and a half years of open-source LLM observability, folded into the context layer for AI agents.
- 14T+ tokens processed
- 30k+ signups
- 36M+ end users tracked
- 5.2k GitHub stars
- $1M+ ARR
# CHANGELOG.md_
Justin Torre
Building the context layer for AI agents at Mintlify. Previously co-founder and CEO of Helicone (YC W23), open-source LLM observability.
## [Unreleased]
[NOW]
Building the context layer for AI agents at Mintlify
Helicone joined Mintlify in March 2026. Same problem, bigger surface: giving agents the context they need to actually work.
## [2026]
[SHIPPED]Jul 2026
Tracer: One Line Puzzle
iOS one-stroke puzzle game. 60+ levels, no ads, no tracking.
[WROTE]Jul 2026
Allowing your users to query ClickHouse directly using raw SQL
Row-level security with query parameters, so user SQL stays user-scoped.
## [2023]
[SHIPPED]Jul 2023
Helicone re-launch
Rebuilt product, rebuilt pitch. The version that stuck.
[MILESTONE]Apr 2023
Y Combinator, W23 batch
Launched Helicone: open-source observability for generative AI.
[WON]Feb 2023
Scale AI Hackathon, 3rd place
Tom Brady vs. Gisele in an AI rap battle. The SF Standard covered it.