Helm.ai is a software company developing artificial intelligence for autonomous driving. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, it builds platforms covering perception through full-stack autonomy for vehicles operating at SAE Levels 2 to 4. The company applies unsupervised learning, deep learning, computer vision, and foundation models to both on-vehicle deployment and offline training and validation.
The firm's product suite includes Helm.ai Vision, which handles on-vehicle perception, and Helm.ai Driver, which provides on-vehicle full-stack autonomy software. For training and validation, Helm.ai offers several offline foundation models: GenSim-2, VidGen-2, and WorldGen-1. Its technology spans the automotive and robotics sectors.
Helm.ai has raised over $102 million in funding. In 2025, the company was named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.
