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Helm.ai
Artificial intelligence platform for automation
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cars
- Machine Learning
- Automation
- Menlo Park, CA
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Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of autonomous driving technology to create a more efficient, safer, and more enjoyable travel experience for all.
Our take
Automakers are in a race to produce the best self-driving vehicle systems to future-proof their businesses, and the key focus depends on the development of hardware such as radar and video sensors. Whilst these produce essential data required for autonomous vehicles to assess their surroundings, the industry lacks a software framework for the analysis of this data to improve self-driving capabilities.
Helm.ai develops software that aims to understand sensor data in the same way that humans can assess information whilst driving a car manually. Uniquely, this software uses machine learning to train neural networks without the need for on-road testing and manual data analysis, in an attempt to increase the rate of self-driving vehicle development and reduce the costs required to do so.
The company has recently closed a Series C funding round led by Freeman Group. This is being used to hire additional talent and to advance the company's R&D efforts. While the autonomous vehicle sector faces problems with regulatory issues and poor performance among publicly listed AV companies, there is still huge demand for fleets operating in less populated areas, for instance long haul freight. Helm.ai is well positioned to provide the support they will need to bring their products to market.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 8 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Health insurance
- 401k plan
- Vision and dental insurance
- Free Life and Short Term Disability Insurance
- Custom workstation set up
- Free in-office dinner
- Quarterly company-wide events
- Work from home opportunities
- Yearly company retreats
- Monthly gym membership stipend
- Flexible working hours
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2023
$55m
SERIES C
Dec 2022
$31m
SERIES C
Total funding: $135m
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Leadership
Vlad Voroninski
(CEO)They took a Ph.D. at UCD Berkeley before working as an MIT Postdoctoral Fellow and a Sift Security Chief Scientist for a year. In November 2016, they co-founded Helm.ai, serving as CEO ever since then.
Tudor Achim
(CTO)Having studied for a Computer Science Ph.D. at Stanford after 3 years as a Quora Software Engineer, on graduation, they co-founded Helm.ai as CTO in November 2016.
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