Helix

Today, we're announcing that we have secured $6M+ in pre-seed funding to deliver voice-based human verification built for the AI era. Here's the problem Helix was built to solve: AI has made it impossible to determine which users are actually human online. Platforms rely on outdated verification methods that are ineffective (CAPTCHAs) and potential hacking risks (ID scans). Helix ensures both security and privacy. In mere seconds, and only from a voice sample, we confirm a user is a real, unique human, of an appropriate age, without a single byte of audio or biometric data ever leaving their device. Our first launch partners are now live and if you're building anything where you need to know a user is real — whether ticketing, dating, gaming, marketplaces, or fintech — let's talk and work together. We couldn’t have reached this point without our incredible founders @AlexOberg, Anna Dorofiyenko, and Michael Hall and our backers @ChicagoVentures, @BamVentures, Aglae Ventures, @CorazonCapital, @tuskventures, @yonderventures, rule30, @pressonvc, @BrownAngelGroup, and advisors @jaredtsmith and @Dagk. For more on today’s news, read the latest from Ivan Mehta in TechCrunch: techcrunch.com/2026/11/11/si…