Helium blog · May 2026
Case study on Creed, a religious companion app, showing roughly 85% ARPU growth in about six weeks after using Helium's paywall experiments and ARPU-aware analytics.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Helium is an SF-based, office-first software company building AI-driven app monetization infrastructure: it generates, tests, and personalizes mobile paywalls and related growth flows so consumer apps can lift subscription and conversion revenue.
Primary product
AI-powered paywall experimentation and monetization platform for mobile apps
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
App monetization / AI paywall experimentation
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
usage-based pricing
freemium
custom enterprise pricing
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Founding Full Stack Engineer
Lead Mobile Engineer
Founding Growth Product Manager
Work & culture
Small-team, high-intensity startup culture focused on speed, truth-seeking, and shipping quickly; the company describes itself as a tight-knit SF penthouse team that values fast execution and hands-on collaboration.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
Open roles advertise roughly $80k-$250k base pay plus equity, depending on role; a senior full-stack role was posted at up to $250k base plus equity, and several roles list meaningful equity grants.
Benefits
covered meals
gym memberships
transport
health insurance
work with early-stage AI models
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium plus usage-based pricing: Indie plan is free up to 250 conversions per month, then $0.30 per conversion; Growth is custom pricing.
Differentiators
- —AI-generated and AI-tested paywalls
- —SmartSelect personalization for the best variant per user
- —real-time paywall edits without app updates
- —native SDK coverage across Swift, Kotlin, React Native, and Flutter
- —ARPU-aware experimentation and analytics
- —white-glove implementation support and design-partner help
Technology
React Native
TypeScript
Flutter
Vercel
Amplitude
Stripe
Firebase
OpenAI
ClickHouse
Python
Kotlin
Google AI
Playwright
Docker
Redis
Swift
Tailwind CSS
Customers
Locket
Hallow
Customuse
Creed
consumer subscription apps
Competitors
RevenueCat
Superwall
Schematic
Paid
ContextSDK
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$440K ARR (GetLatka estimate, updated 2025-09-02)
Latest news
Helium blog · Mar 2026
Case study claiming Locket's subscription revenue rose 77% after implementing Helium's SDK and experimentation workflow.
Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch write-up describing Helium's no-code paywall experimentation, SmartSelect personalization, and design-partner offer.
Helium blog · Feb 2026
Founder update announcing a $2M raise with participation from Y Combinator, Google's Gradient Ventures, and Daybreak Ventures, and describing Helium's self-improving software vision.
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