GenSim-3
Native Full HD generative foundation model that transforms real‑world driving data into re‑stylized scenarios for perception validation.
Maturity not rated
Startup · United States
helm.ai
HQ Redwood CityFounded 201651-200 employees
Helm.ai delivers AI-first perception, planning, and simulation models for real-time deployment and scalable training—from Level 2 to Level 4 autonomous driving systems.
Funding8 rounds · $125M
- Equity raised
- $125M
- Latest
- UndisclosedStrategic · May 2, 2026
- Last valuation
- $431M?Basis not stated · Series C · Dec 19, 2022
Mar 25, 2020Aug 16, 2023
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | Strategic | Undisclosed | — | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | — | Speculative |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Strategic | Undisclosed | — | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | — | Confirmed |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Series C | $55.0M | — | Freeman Group | Amplo, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | Reported |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Series C | $31.0M | $431M? | Freeman Group | Amplo, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | Reported |
| Feb 11, 2022 | Series B | Undisclosed | — | Mando Corporation (now HL Mando) | — | Confirmed |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Strategic | Undisclosed | — | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | — | Confirmed |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Series B | $26.0M | — | Amplo, Freeman Group | — | Confirmed |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Seed | $13.0M | — | — | Amplo | Reported |
- UndisclosedMay 2, 2026
- UndisclosedOct 15, 2025
- $55.0MAug 16, 2023
- $31.0MDec 19, 2022
- UndisclosedFeb 11, 2022
- UndisclosedJan 19, 2022
- $26.0MNov 16, 2021
- SeedWith Amplo$13.0MMar 25, 2020
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems5
Helm.ai Vision
Perception software using multi-camera input for autonomous vehicles.
Maturity not rated
VidGen-3
High‑fidelity generative world model that produces realistic synthetic driving video for large‑scale training and validation.
Maturity not rated
WorldGen-1
Multi‑sensor generative AI foundation model for simulating camera, lidar, and semantic segmentation data across the autonomous vehicle stack.
Maturity not rated
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
People2
- Tudor Achim · LinkedIn ↗
CTO and Co-Founder
- Vlad Voroninski · LinkedIn ↗
CEO and Co-founder
Sources13
Show all 13 sources and supporting evidence
Profile3
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 88)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "3b7d2b67-eef8-4214-b877-33257cd04784"}”
- 3
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
Systems1
- 4
helm.ai · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Helm.ai delivers AI-first perception, planning, and simulation models for real-time deployment and scalable training—from Level 2 to Level 4 autonomous driving systems.”
Funding8
- 5
Internet Info Agency · May 3, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Honda will make an additional investment in Helm.ai”
- 6
Honda · Oct 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Honda will make an additional investment to further enhance its development”
- 7
FinSMEs · Aug 16, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Helm.ai Raises $55M in Series C Funding”
- 8
TechCrunch · Dec 19, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“raised $31 million in a Series C round led by Freeman Group”
- 9
Helm.ai · Feb 11, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Mando, a Halla Group company, has also made a financial investment in our Series B”
- 10
Helm.ai · Jan 19, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Honda Motor Co. has made an investment in Helm.ai's $30M Series B financing”
- 11
Helm.ai · Nov 16, 2021 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced it has raised $26 million in series B funding”
- 12
TechCrunch · Mar 25, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount
“it has raised $13 million in a seed round”
People1
- 13
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-100)”
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