A CEO we met was putting three years of company data into ChatGPT.
She could take that risk. Her analyst couldn’t.
So in most companies, AI speed follows seniority.
Local AI already exists. Helix makes it usable for a business.
AI on the data you can't put in the cloud.
Helix runs on your own computer. It keeps sensitive details local, waits for your approval at the boundary, and keeps a record of what left and who approved it. No AI team needed.
Free for 30 days · No card · Mac and Windows
How it works
Helix and its AI run on your computer.
Helix installs a local AI on your computer and works there. You decide what it reads. Anything it drafts passes you before it leaves. Out of the box, only an update check and a licence check go out on their own.
All sources start switched offMail, files, calendar, chat: you switch on what Helix may read, and switch it off any time.
One morning with Helix
A morning with Helix, on a demo company.
This is the real app. Pick a tab to see each part.
What it does on its own
Autonomous inside. Approval at the boundary.
Helix keeps working through the day without being asked, and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
How far it may go
The record
What left the machine, and who approved it?
Helix keeps a record of every read, every AI call and everything that left your computer, with who approved it. You can open it any time.
Sources: every answer and every line on Today shows the file it came from.
Approval: nothing Helix drafts is sent until you approve it.
Record: the log is chained, so a changed entry shows up when you check it.
Helix · Meridian Controlson this computerNeeds you this morning
At risk
Cascade - Kestrel Machining has not confirmed the revised delivery date.
Kestrel-quote-rev3.pdf · line 14Waiting on you
Harbor - Elena Vasquez asked for the updated quote on Tuesday.
Mail · Elena VasquezGone quiet
Atlas - no reply from Marcus Reed for 9 days.
Mail · Marcus ReedWhere does Cascade stand?
[1] Kestrel-quote-rev3.pdf · line 14[2] Cascade-minutes.docx · line 8
This answer stayed on this machine
ToKestrel Machining
SubjectCascade - revised delivery date
Drafts wait for your approval
Transparency · today
Read 14 mail threadsstayed on this computer
AI call, local modelstayed on this computer
Follow-up to Kestrel Machiningleft · approved by Dana Whitfield
Update checkleft · automatic
Licence checkleft · automatic
hash chain intact · 5 of 5
Selected forBITSoM Vertex AI incubator (Top 25, Builders' Pitch Fest 2026) · Stanford Seed Spark, Cohort 13
Selected forBITSoM Vertex AI incubator (Top 25, Builders' Pitch Fest 2026) · Stanford Seed Spark, Cohort 13
Why we built Helix
Why nowAI runs on an ordinary laptop
Open models are now good enough to do real reading and drafting on the computer you already have. You don’t need a server to run it.
Why nowBusinesses are responsible for their data
India's DPDP Act makes the business responsible for the personal data it holds, including what it puts into AI tools.
Who it’s for
For businesses whose data can't go to a cloud AI
Helix is for businesses of any size whose data can't go to a cloud AI and who have no AI team. We are starting with owner-run firms and regulated work.
Owner-run businesses
Companies of ₹10-500 crore, where the owner decides the data risk.
Start with your inbox: what needs a reply
Law and CA practices
Client files and mail you would rather not upload anywhere.
Start with finding anything in one client folder, with the source
Clinics
Letters, reports and mail that must stay in-house.
Start with the report you keep searching for
Manufacturers
Quotes, orders, drawings and supplier mail across many projects.
Start with the supplier who went quiet
Consultants
One person, many clients, a lot of calls to follow up.
Start with turning a call recording into tasks
We suggest starting with mail, documents and reminders. Each person runs their own copy of Helix for now.
What it can do today
What Helix can do today
Including what is still in testing and what it does not do yet.
Give itHelix doesYou getStatus
Helix 1.7.2 for Mac, 1.6.17 for Windows. Mac gets each release first.
Helix and a local AI model
What Helix adds to a local AI model
You can run an AI model on your own computer for free. To use it for business work you also need setup, access to your files, approval before anything is sent, and a record. Helix provides these.
A local model on its own
- –Someone technical installs and tunes it
- –Answers questions, but cannot see your files or mail
- –Nobody decides what it may read or send
- –No record of what it did
Helix
- ✓Installs itself and picks a model that fits your computer
- ✓Reads the mail, files and recordings you switch on, and cites them
- ✓Runs through the day, drafts the work, and stops at your gate
- ✓Keeps sensitive details local, even if you add an online model
- ✓A record of every read, AI call and outbound call that shows if anyone changed it
How we charge
Helix does not charge for AI usage. The local model is included in the price. If you add an online model, you pay that provider directly, and we add nothing on top.
Roadmap
What is coming next
We keep adding to Helix. These are the two things we have committed to.
Our commitmentNew AI inside Helix within seven days
When a new AI model or tool is released, we add it to Helix within seven days, with the same consent, approval and record as everything else.
NextYour repeated work becomes a workflow
Today Helix drafts follow-ups, tracks orders and turns calls into tasks. Next, it will notice work you repeat and suggest a workflow for it, with your approval on each step. Work you would give an intern can then run on its own.
Price
Free for 30 days. Then the founding price.
Start before 31 December 2026 and keep the founding price for your first 12 months. Nothing is charged automatically: when your trial ends, you decide.
Founding price
₹799
/ computer / month · $10
Local AI included. Your own online key, no markup. Locked for 12 months.
Founding window31 December 2026
Standard price, from 2027
₹7,999
/ computer / month · $100
For everyone who starts after the founding window.
Try it on one folder.
A short setup from download to your first answer. Free for 30 days, no card.
01Download and open
Mac (1.7.2) or Windows (1.6.17). The app is not signed yet, so the first open asks once on either.
02Pick one folder
Start with one live project folder. Every source is off until you switch it on; Helix sets up its local AI meanwhile.
03Ask one question
"Summarise where things stand." Click a source to check it. If Today is still empty after ten minutes, give it a second folder.