{"slug": "i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can", "title": "I got tired of LLM observability tools getting acquired. So I built one that can't be.", "summary": "A developer built an open-source LLM observability tool designed to prevent vendor lock-in after two major platforms, Helicone and Langfuse, were acquired within months of each other. The tool targets engineering teams in regulated industries like healthcare, finance, and government that require on-premises data handling.", "body_md": "Helicone got acquired. Langfuse got acquired.\n\nTwo of the most trusted tools in the LLM\n\nobservability space, gone within months of\n\neach other.\n\nI don't say this to criticize the founders.\n\nBuilding and selling is legitimate.\n\nBut for engineering teams running AI in\n\nproduction — especially in healthcare, finance,\n\nand government where data cannot leave your\n\nservers — every acquisition is a crisis.\n\nSo I stopped waiting for the next one.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/vignesh_reddy_53e403f62d2/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-cant-be-4gc8", "published_at": "2026-05-31 06:01:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-31 06:11:29.725511+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-tools", "ai-startups", "ai-infrastructure", "mlops"], "entities": ["Helicone", "Langfuse"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-got-tired-of-llm-observability-tools-getting-acquired-so-i-built-one-that-can.jsonld"}}