diff --git a/backend/appHandler.ts b/backend/appHandler.ts
index b23e4c6b6..b178b9cb3 100644
--- a/backend/appHandler.ts
+++ b/backend/appHandler.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import './src/tracer';
+
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import serverlessHttp from 'serverless-http';
 import 'source-map-support/register';
diff --git a/backend/generateStoryTitles.ts b/backend/generateStoryTitles.ts
index c14466a93..3f525175d 100644
--- a/backend/generateStoryTitles.ts
+++ b/backend/generateStoryTitles.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import './src/tracer';
 import generateStoryTitlesImpl from './src/cron/generateStoryTitles';
 
 import withSetup from './withSetup';
diff --git a/backend/serverless.yml b/backend/serverless.yml
index 2af722651..69353aadb 100644
--- a/backend/serverless.yml
+++ b/backend/serverless.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ provider:
     OPENAI_SK: ${ssm:/${self:service}-${sls:stage}-openai-sk}
     RAPIDAPI_API_KEY: ${ssm:/${self:service}-${sls:stage}-rapidapi-api-key}
     PRINTFUL_SK: ${ssm:/${self:service}-${sls:stage}-printful-sk}
+    DD_LLMOBS_ML_APP: fourtiesnyc
 plugins:
   - serverless-plugin-conditional-functions
   - serverless-webpack
diff --git a/backend/src/business/ai/AiService.ts b/backend/src/business/ai/AiService.ts
index d2ee44c83..de16ec50c 100644
--- a/backend/src/business/ai/AiService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/business/ai/AiService.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import tracer from 'dd-trace';
 import OpenAI from 'openai';
 import createStoryTitlePrompt from './createStoryTitlePrompt';
 
@@ -7,9 +8,14 @@ const openai = new OpenAI({
 });
 
 export async function suggestStoryTitle(storyContent: string): Promise<string> {
-  const response = await openai.chat.completions.create(
-    createStoryTitlePrompt(storyContent)
-  );
+  return tracer.llmobs.trace(
+    { kind: 'task', name: 'story-title-generation' },
+    async () => {
+      const response = await openai.chat.completions.create(
+        createStoryTitlePrompt(storyContent)
+      );
 
-  return response.choices[0].message.content?.trim() ?? '';
+      return response.choices[0].message.content?.trim() ?? '';
+    }
+  );
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/tracer.ts b/backend/src/tracer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dafc4b057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/tracer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import tracer from 'dd-trace';
+
+tracer.init({
+  llmobs: {
+    mlApp: process.env.DD_LLMOBS_ML_APP,
+    agentlessEnabled: true,
+  },
+});
+
+export default tracer;
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 29755b48e..f1a923ab8 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -15018,8 +15018,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/tslib": {
       "version": "2.8.1",
-      "license": "0BSD",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "0BSD"
     },
     "node_modules/tsyringe": {
       "version": "4.10.0",