diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index f3b29009b9ce..2650826562aa 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -135,31 +135,31 @@ export {
 export * as metrics from './metrics/public-api';
 export type { MetricOptions } from './metrics/public-api';
 export { createConsolaReporter } from './integrations/consola';
-export { addVercelAiProcessors } from './utils/vercel-ai';
-export { _INTERNAL_getSpanForToolCallId, _INTERNAL_cleanupToolCallSpan } from './utils/vercel-ai/utils';
-export { instrumentOpenAiClient } from './utils/openai';
-export { OPENAI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './utils/openai/constants';
-export { instrumentAnthropicAiClient } from './utils/anthropic-ai';
-export { ANTHROPIC_AI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './utils/anthropic-ai/constants';
-export { instrumentGoogleGenAIClient } from './utils/google-genai';
-export { GOOGLE_GENAI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './utils/google-genai/constants';
-export type { GoogleGenAIResponse } from './utils/google-genai/types';
-export { createLangChainCallbackHandler } from './utils/langchain';
-export { LANGCHAIN_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './utils/langchain/constants';
-export type { LangChainOptions, LangChainIntegration } from './utils/langchain/types';
-export type { OpenAiClient, OpenAiOptions, InstrumentedMethod } from './utils/openai/types';
+export { addVercelAiProcessors } from './tracing/vercel-ai';
+export { _INTERNAL_getSpanForToolCallId, _INTERNAL_cleanupToolCallSpan } from './tracing/vercel-ai/utils';
+export { instrumentOpenAiClient } from './tracing/openai';
+export { OPENAI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './tracing/openai/constants';
+export { instrumentAnthropicAiClient } from './tracing/anthropic-ai';
+export { ANTHROPIC_AI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './tracing/anthropic-ai/constants';
+export { instrumentGoogleGenAIClient } from './tracing/google-genai';
+export { GOOGLE_GENAI_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './tracing/google-genai/constants';
+export type { GoogleGenAIResponse } from './tracing/google-genai/types';
+export { createLangChainCallbackHandler } from './tracing/langchain';
+export { LANGCHAIN_INTEGRATION_NAME } from './tracing/langchain/constants';
+export type { LangChainOptions, LangChainIntegration } from './tracing/langchain/types';
+export type { OpenAiClient, OpenAiOptions, InstrumentedMethod } from './tracing/openai/types';
 export type {
   AnthropicAiClient,
   AnthropicAiOptions,
   AnthropicAiInstrumentedMethod,
   AnthropicAiResponse,
-} from './utils/anthropic-ai/types';
+} from './tracing/anthropic-ai/types';
 export type {
   GoogleGenAIClient,
   GoogleGenAIChat,
   GoogleGenAIOptions,
   GoogleGenAIIstrumentedMethod,
-} from './utils/google-genai/types';
+} from './tracing/google-genai/types';
 export type { FeatureFlag } from './utils/featureFlags';
 
 export {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/ai/gen-ai-attributes.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/ai/gen-ai-attributes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/ai/gen-ai-attributes.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/ai/gen-ai-attributes.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/ai/messageTruncation.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/ai/messageTruncation.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/ai/messageTruncation.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/ai/messageTruncation.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/ai/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/ai/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/ai/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/ai/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/constants.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/constants.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/index.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/index.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/index.ts
index 669d8a61b068..aa48a1e4c21d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '../../semanticAttributes';
 import { SPAN_STATUS_ERROR } from '../../tracing';
 import { startSpan, startSpanManual } from '../../tracing/trace';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributeValue } from '../../types-hoist/span';
+import { handleCallbackErrors } from '../../utils/handleCallbackErrors';
 import {
   ANTHROPIC_AI_RESPONSE_TIMESTAMP_ATTRIBUTE,
   GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME_ATTRIBUTE,
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import {
   getTruncatedJsonString,
   setTokenUsageAttributes,
 } from '../ai/utils';
-import { handleCallbackErrors } from '../handleCallbackErrors';
 import { instrumentAsyncIterableStream, instrumentMessageStream } from './streaming';
 import type {
   AnthropicAiInstrumentedMethod,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/streaming.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/streaming.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/streaming.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/streaming.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/types.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/types.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/anthropic-ai/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/anthropic-ai/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/constants.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/constants.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/index.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/index.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/index.ts
index 9639b1255d29..6ee3e9df8b5b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '../../semanticAttributes';
 import { SPAN_STATUS_ERROR } from '../../tracing';
 import { startSpan, startSpanManual } from '../../tracing/trace';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributeValue } from '../../types-hoist/span';
+import { handleCallbackErrors } from '../../utils/handleCallbackErrors';
 import {
   GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME_ATTRIBUTE,
   GEN_AI_REQUEST_AVAILABLE_TOOLS_ATTRIBUTE,
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   GEN_AI_USAGE_TOTAL_TOKENS_ATTRIBUTE,
 } from '../ai/gen-ai-attributes';
 import { buildMethodPath, getFinalOperationName, getSpanOperation, getTruncatedJsonString } from '../ai/utils';
-import { handleCallbackErrors } from '../handleCallbackErrors';
 import { CHAT_PATH, CHATS_CREATE_METHOD, GOOGLE_GENAI_SYSTEM_NAME } from './constants';
 import { instrumentStream } from './streaming';
 import type {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/streaming.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/streaming.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/streaming.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/streaming.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/types.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/types.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/google-genai/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/google-genai/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/langchain/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/langchain/constants.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/constants.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/langchain/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/langchain/index.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/langchain/types.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/langchain/types.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/langchain/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/langchain/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/langchain/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/openai/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/openai/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/openai/constants.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/openai/constants.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/openai/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/openai/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/openai/index.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/openai/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/openai/streaming.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/openai/streaming.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/openai/streaming.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/openai/streaming.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/openai/types.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/openai/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/openai/types.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/openai/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/openai/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/openai/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/openai/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/openai/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/constants.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/constants.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/index.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
index 747a3c105449..8e802edc789f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/index.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import type { Client } from '../../client';
 import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '../../semanticAttributes';
 import type { Event } from '../../types-hoist/event';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes, SpanAttributeValue, SpanJSON, SpanOrigin } from '../../types-hoist/span';
+import { spanToJSON } from '../../utils/spanUtils';
 import {
   GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_CACHE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTE,
   GEN_AI_USAGE_INPUT_TOKENS_CACHED_ATTRIBUTE,
 } from '../ai/gen-ai-attributes';
 import { getTruncatedJsonString } from '../ai/utils';
-import { spanToJSON } from '../spanUtils';
 import { toolCallSpanMap } from './constants';
 import type { TokenSummary } from './types';
 import { accumulateTokensForParent, applyAccumulatedTokens } from './utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/types.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/types.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/utils.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/utils.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/vercel-ai-attributes.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/vercel-ai-attributes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/vercel-ai/vercel-ai-attributes.ts
rename to packages/core/src/tracing/vercel-ai/vercel-ai-attributes.ts
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/openai-utils.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/openai-utils.test.ts
index 0076a617e219..c68a35e5becc 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/openai-utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/openai-utils.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   isResponsesApiResponse,
   isResponsesApiStreamEvent,
   shouldInstrument,
-} from '../../../src/utils/openai/utils';
+} from '../../../src/tracing/openai/utils';
 
 describe('openai-utils', () => {
   describe('getOperationName', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils/openai-integration-functions.test.ts b/packages/core/test/tracing/openai-integration-functions.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/core/test/utils/openai-integration-functions.test.ts
rename to packages/core/test/tracing/openai-integration-functions.test.ts
index d032fb1e69ed..240ba14d429b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/utils/openai-integration-functions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/tracing/openai-integration-functions.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import type { OpenAiClient } from '../../src';
-import { instrumentOpenAiClient } from '../../src/utils/openai';
+import { instrumentOpenAiClient } from '../../src/tracing/openai';
 
 interface FullOpenAIClient {
   chat: {