Founder of a listed tool
Scott Nguyen
Co-founder (historical), named behind the Helicone AI Gateway + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Scott builds
Helicone AI Gateway + MCP D · Agent observability & evals
Open-source LLM observability that logs requests through an OpenAI-compatible gateway (100+ models, fallbacks, caching, rate limits) or async logging.
Co-founder (historical), researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Barak Oshri Co-founder (historical)
- Justin Torre Co-founder (historical)
Backed by
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Who is Scott Nguyen?
Scott Nguyen co-founded Helicone, an LLM observability platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. Nguyen's Y Combinator profile lists earlier work at Candy Digital, DraftKings and Tesla, and studies at Northeastern University.
What does Helicone (Mintlify) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Helicone AI Gateway + MCP from Helicone (Mintlify). Open-source LLM observability that logs requests through an OpenAI-compatible gateway (100+ models, fallbacks, caching, rate limits) or async logging.
Who has invested in Helicone (Mintlify)?
The sources our research read name Y Combinator.
How are Scott's tools graded?
Helicone AI Gateway + MCP is graded D, 47 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (14)
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/helicone
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/1178880-justin-torre
- https://www.helicone.ai
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/justintorre/
- https://x.com/justinstorre
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/1203799-barak-oshri
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/boshri/
- https://x.com/barakoshri
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/1180638-scott-nguyen
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/snguy/
- https://x.com/NguyenScott7
- https://www.helicone.ai/
- https://docs.helicone.ai/
- https://www.helicone.ai/contact
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