Helicone

Helicone Transitions to Maintenance Mode After Mintlify Acquisition in March 2026

Helicone transitioned to maintenance mode following its acquisition by Mintlify in March 2026. The platform offers AI gateway plus request-level observability with free tier pricing from $79 per month for enterprise custom tiers. Helicone provides multi-provider cost and latency visibility with partial open-source gateway components. Last edited on May 19, 2026, the comparison ranks Helicone among seven LLM observability tools for lightweight request logging.

Helicone Profile Shows Acquisition by Mintlify on March 3 2026

Helicone was founded in 2023 and acquired by Mintlify on March 3, 2026. The company had 10 employees and reached generating revenue status at the time of the merger. Helicone operated as an open-source LLM observability and monitoring platform backed by investors including Alysia Silberg, Cadenza Capital, and Coughdrop Capital before the acquisition.

Mintlify Acquires Helicone to Build Next-Generation AI Knowledge Infrastructure

Mintlify acquired Helicone on March 3, 2026. Founders Justin Torre and Cole Gottdank joined the Mintlify team in San Francisco to integrate intelligent routing, real-time observability, and multi-provider coordination. The acquisition strengthens Mintlify AI products with deeper analytics, improved performance, and unified full-stack capabilities for agentic AI. Helicone services remain live in maintenance mode with customer migration support.

Mintlify Acquires Helicone Open-Source LLM Observability Platform

Mintlify acquired Helicone on March 3, 2026. Helicone processed over 14.2 trillion tokens, served 16,000 organizations, and tracked 33 million users before the acquisition. Co-founder Cole Gottdank stated the Helicone team will join Mintlify in San Francisco while services continue in maintenance mode with ongoing security updates, bug fixes, and new model support. Helicone previously operated as a Y Combinator Winter 2023 startup with 10 employees and generated revenue at acquisition.

AI Engineer Roadmap v3 Adds Helicone to Observability Tools List

Helicone raises $10M seed for AI observability platform. Backed by a16z. #Helicone #FundingRound