Height
Height is an autonomous project management tool — AI that triages bugs, grooms backlogs, and updates specs automatically for product teams.
RIP Height
Shut down · September 2025
Founded in 2018 by Michaël Villar and backed by $18.3M including a $14M Series A from Redpoint, Height shipped "2.0" — pitched as the first autonomous project collaboration tool — in October 2024, then announced its shutdown five months later on 22 March 2025. Users were given six months to migrate; the service went dark on 24 September 2025 and workspaces were deleted. No acquirer, no migration path.
Last known pricing: Free tier plus paid team plans, at the time of shutdown.
Is Height shut down?
Yes. Height shut down on September 24, 2025 and is no longer available. Its record is preserved in the ToolDirectory.AI graveyard, our hand-reviewed registry of AI tools that shut down or were acquired.
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Overview
Height
Status note (August 2026): Height has shut down. The company announced the wind-down on 22 March 2025 and switched the service off on 24 September 2025, after giving customers six months to export. Workspaces were deleted and sign-ups closed; there is no successor product and no migration path. Height had raised $18.3M and had launched a major 2.0 release only five months before the announcement.
Height is the autonomous project management tool that uses AI to take over the manual chores of running a product backlog. Height's AI triages incoming bugs, grooms and de-duplicates the backlog, updates specs as work changes, and surfaces blockers — autonomous work that human project managers traditionally do by hand. Height repositioned in 2024-2025 as AI-first, betting that project management is one of the workflows most ripe for autonomous AI.
Production credibility: Backed by a16z, Y Combinator, and notable angels including founders of Figma and Loom. Founded by Michael Villar (ex-Stripe) and team. Repositioned 2024-2025 from a fast collaborative task tracker to an autonomous AI project management tool — AI handles backlog grooming, bug triage, and spec maintenance. Used by product and engineering teams at startups and scale-ups.
Key Features
- Autonomous AI bug triage — incoming issues categorized and routed without manual sorting
- AI backlog grooming — de-duplication, prioritization, and cleanup run continuously
- AI spec maintenance — specs update automatically as linked work changes
- Real-time collaborative task tracking with chat built into every task
- Customizable views — list, kanban, calendar, Gantt, and spreadsheet
- Backed by a16z, Y Combinator, and Figma/Loom founders
- AI-first repositioning bets project management is ripe for autonomous AI
Ideal Use Case
Product and engineering teams at startups and scale-ups that want AI to absorb the manual project-management overhead — bug triage, backlog grooming, spec updates — so PMs and engineers spend less time on coordination chores and more on building.
How Height differentiates
Linear, Jira, and Asana put AI features on top of a human-driven workflow — the human still triages, grooms, and updates. Height's bet is inverted: the AI does those chores autonomously and the human supervises. The trade-off is that autonomous AI project management is newer and less proven than human-driven tools with AI assists; the upside is that if the autonomous thesis holds, Height eliminates project-management busywork entirely rather than just speeding it up. It's the most AI-native pick in the PM category.
FAQ
Q: Is Height still available? A: No. Height shut down on 24 September 2025. Sign-ups are closed and workspaces were deleted.
Q: What happened to Height? A: The team announced the wind-down on 22 March 2025, giving customers six months to migrate. There was no acquisition — the company simply could not sustain the business.
Q: What should I use instead of Height? A: Any maintained project-management tool. See the alternatives listed on this page.
Q: What is Height? A: Height is an autonomous project management tool that uses AI to triage bugs, groom backlogs, update specs, and surface blockers automatically — taking over the manual chores human project managers traditionally do by hand.
Q: How is Height AI-first? A: Height repositioned in 2024-2025 around autonomous AI — rather than putting AI features on a human-driven workflow, Height's AI does backlog grooming, bug triage, and spec maintenance autonomously while humans supervise.
Q: Height vs Linear vs Jira? A: Linear and Jira put AI assists on top of a human-driven workflow — the human still triages and grooms. Height inverts this: the AI does those chores autonomously. It's the most AI-native tool in the project-management category.
Q: Who backs Height? A: Height is backed by a16z, Y Combinator, and notable angels including founders of Figma and Loom. It was founded by Michael Villar (ex-Stripe) and team.
Q: Is Height free? A: Height offers a free tier. Paid plans unlock the autonomous AI features (bug triage, backlog grooming, spec maintenance) and higher usage limits.
tl;dr
Height is the autonomous AI project management tool — AI triages bugs, grooms backlogs, and updates specs automatically rather than just assisting a human-driven workflow. Backed by a16z, YC, and Figma/Loom founders. The most AI-native pick in the PM category; built for product and engineering teams.
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