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Helium

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Helium allows anyone to build and own massive wireless networks. observed

fresh · evidence 6d ago 14 sources no confidence data
48.8/100
Venture signal
scored above 30% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓
Funding
$111M
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

New infrastructure surfaces

Subdomains appearing in public certificate-transparency logs — infrastructure standing up, dated at detection. Intent labels are deterministic (token map), not guessed.

api.mvne.helium.com product surface 07-26 api.os.helium.com product surface 07-17 console.helium.com product surface 07-11 dashboard.helium.com product surface 05-01 api.coverage-explorer.helium.com product surface 12-16 staging.console.helium.com launch prep 03-19 api.tabs.helium.com product surface 05-21 staging.developer.helium.com launch prep 02-28 api.helium.com product surface 01-27 dev.helium.com 10-19 staging.helium.com launch prep 01-16

Traction

Current round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_magnitude (19% of the score).

11 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
49/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
11/100
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VIX signals 13 hard signals across 2 sources

The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.

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What people are saying 8 signals from 1 voice
Technology No signals collected yet
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Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required

VentureSignalScore 48.8/100 for helium, composed from 1 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.79 for 30% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_magnitude 0.3 0.6181 0.1854

Evidence this score rests on

Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock ↗
  2. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  3. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  4. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  5. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$111M
announced —
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
4 Form D
latest filed 2011-05-05 · none near the reported round

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 4 filings, latest 2011-05-05.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk elevated · 0.25

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 1289 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 1289 iPhones are allergic to helium 2018-10-30 ↗

Raw observations 42 records
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Helium observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
common_name Helium observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 1289 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584", "title": "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock", "points": 705, "created_at": "2026-03-13", "evidence_type": "rumo observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584", "title": "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock", "points": 705, "created_at": "2026-03-13", "evidence_type": "rumo observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584", "title": "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock", "points": 705, "created_at": "2026-03-13", "evidence_type": "rumo observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584", "title": "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock", "points": 705, "created_at": "2026-03-13", "evidence_type": "rumo observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584", "title": "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock", "points": 705, "created_at": "2026-03-13", "evidence_type": "rumo observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-13 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693", "title": "iPhones are allergic to helium", "points": 1289, "created_at": "2018-10-30"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693", "title": "iPhones are allergic to helium", "points": 1289, "created_at": "2018-10-30"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693", "title": "iPhones are allergic to helium", "points": 1289, "created_at": "2018-10-30"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-10-30 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693", "title": "iPhones are allergic to helium", "points": 1289, "created_at": "2018-10-30"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-10-30 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693", "title": "iPhones are allergic to helium", "points": 1289, "created_at": "2018-10-30"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-10-30 normalized 0.20
description Helium is compared favorably by the speaker, who led an investment in it six or seven years ago. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
description Helium allows anyone to build and own massive wireless networks. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.70
domain www.helium.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
funding.round.amount_usd 111000000 observed artifact ↗ 2021-08-18 normalized 0.50
index.ai_tie NOT_AI observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
metric.venture.funding_amount_usd 111000000 derived calc 2026-08-17 derived 0.50
score.venture_signal 48.8 derived calc 2026-08-17 derived 0.26
sec.cik 0001389598 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 4 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001389598", "form": "D", "filed": "2011-05-05", "accession": "0001389598-11-000001", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389598/000138959811000001/0001389598-11-000001-in observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2011-05-05 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2011-05-05", "persons": [{"last_name": "Ranalli", "first_name": "Mark", "clarification": null, "relationships": ["Executive Officer", "Director"]}, {"last_name": "Bushell", "first_name": "A observed url 2011-05-05 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZSEK5JJESTPRBEBZ86H4SQX", "signals": [{"quote": "there's another one that has scale on the supply side is helium and so what they they have like a network of uh you kn observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-23 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZSEK5JJESTPRBEBZ86H4SQX", "signals": [{"quote": "i think one of the things that's happened here is you know this is one where the supply and demand curve didn't match observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-23 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZSEK5JJESTPRBEBZ86H4SQX", "signals": [{"quote": "so you end up with lots and lots of supply because people are speculating on the token and you're not you don't have t observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-23 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M05WYBZS9F4TBBGTCEJEQX2V", "signals": [{"quote": "Then if you look at something like Helium, that's completely about building a large distributed, you know, connection observed artifact ↗ 2021-10-09 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M07YWE4XDDV4ZWYMA41W677J", "signals": [{"quote": "this one is backed by a real venture firm so let me explain what helium uh is doing in terms of mining crypto it's act observed artifact ↗ 2021-08-18 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M07YWE4XDDV4ZWYMA41W677J", "signals": [{"quote": "according to the yahoo finance story helium has over 11 000 global city locations in 112 countries and users have alre observed artifact ↗ 2021-08-18 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M07YWE4XDDV4ZWYMA41W677J", "signals": [{"quote": "this one seems fascinating i could take my verizon my comcast whatever connection i have if i'm at a university i put observed artifact ↗ 2021-08-18 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M07YWE4XDDV4ZWYMA41W677J", "signals": [{"quote": "so in an april blog post they announced a partnership with freedom fi a company that manufactures open source 5g devic observed artifact ↗ 2021-08-18 promoted 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "All-In — Best Ideas Pitch Competition — helium", "source_id": "01KXRPBDZ2FE2BHN1CAREA46SJ-m-cac77afa6447276c", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:d620f51be2974e329f6969a697d1c observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more — helium", "source_id": "01KXRSG0VV25FFSA8K1A9NW0KD-m-cac77afa6447276c", " observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-26 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542 — helium", "source_id": "01KXRSPG39F6J7NKB3WGRBBKAT-m-cac77afa6447276c", observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-11 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Casey Newton’s Superhuman misfire, Apple’s backdoor, 5G crypto network, WhatsApp’s problem | E1266 — helium", "source_id": "01KXRSPKNR4JEEADJN06CHQ56S-m-cac77afa6447276c", observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 normalized 0.95
website_url https://www.helium.com observed enrichment 2026-07-24 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.helium.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.80