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Justin Torre
This whole page is one continuous line. So was the last few years: start a company, open-source it, scale it, land it somewhere good.
- tokens processed
- 14T+
- end users tracked
- 36M+
- signups
- 30k+
- GitHub stars
- 5.2k
- ARR
- $1M+
From the Helicone run, 2023 to 2026.
Now
Building the context layer for AI agents at Mintlify. Helicone joined Mintlify in March 2026.
Before that I was co-founder and CEO of Helicone (YC W23), open-source LLM observability. We processed over 14 trillion tokens and watched a lot of agents think out loud.
Projects
- Mar 2026Helicone joins MintlifyThe observability layer meets the docs platform. New chapter starts here.
- Jul 2026Tracer: One Line PuzzleiOS one-stroke puzzle game. 60+ levels, no ads, no tracking. This page is drawn the same way.
- Jul 2026Letting users query ClickHouse directly with raw SQLRow-level security and query parameters, in production.
- Jul 2023Helicone re-launch
- Apr 2023YC W23 launchOpen-source observability platform for generative AI.
- Feb 2023Scale AI Hackathon, 3rd placeTom Brady and Gisele in an AI rap battle. The SF Standard covered it.
Writing
Occasional posts on infrastructure and building in the open. Latest: letting users query ClickHouse directly with raw SQL.