Most software records work. Very little software understands it.
Payroll knows what people are paid. HR systems know who works there. Project tools know what tasks are done. But none of them understand how people join, connect, contribute, grow, get recognised and are celebrated.
Helm exists to solve that problem – by building the trusted organisational graph that powers workplace intelligence, starting with the products People Teams need today.
Our mission
Help People Teams automate work, improve employee experience and build the trusted organisational graph that powers workplace intelligence.
01
Automation
Eliminate the manual, repetitive work that consumes People Teams – document requests, approval workflows, compliance tracking. Give that time back.
02
Experience
Make the moments that matter – farewells, promotions, anniversaries, recognitions – feel intentional, not accidental. Culture built through thousands of small moments.
03
Intelligence
Turn the signals from every workflow and employee moment into an organisational graph that helps leaders understand how work actually happens – not just who works there.
What we believe
Belief 01
The graph should build itself.
Employees shouldn’t fill out profiles. Skills shouldn’t be self-declared. Relationships shouldn’t be manually entered. Every Helm product generates organisational signals automatically – the graph emerges from real work, not from data entry.
Belief 02
Intelligence without trust is worthless.
Every insight Atlas surfaces comes with a confidence score, an evidence trail and a “why” button. No hidden scoring. No black boxes. Employees can see what Helm knows about them and why. Humans remain accountable for every decision.
Belief 03
People Teams are underserved by software.
Enterprise HR software is built for compliance, not for people. Point solutions solve one problem and create three more. People Teams deserve a connected platform that grows with them – not a collection of disconnected tools they have to stitch together.
Belief 04
Moments compound into culture.
Culture isn’t built in annual surveys or all-hands meetings. It’s built in thousands of small moments – a farewell that felt genuine, a recognition that arrived at the right time, a first day that was guided rather than chaotic. The moments are the culture.
The platform
Every Helm product feeds the same organisational graph. The more products you use, the richer the graph becomes – and the more useful Atlas gets. Not because of extra setup. Because of how you already work.
Moonboard
Experience
Collaborative celebration boards for farewells, birthdays, promotions and milestones. Every interaction emits relationship signals to the graph.
LiveDocs
Automation
Self-service employment letters, salary confirmations and HR document requests. Saves People Teams 5+ hours per week.
Coming soonCrew
Graph
The living map of your organisation – people, teams, relationships and skills – built automatically from signals. No profile filling required.
Coming soonAtlas
Intelligence
The intelligence interface to the organisational graph. Ask who knows what, find mentors, spot skill gaps – with confidence scores and evidence.
RoadmapTrust
Governance
Explainability, permissions and privacy controls built into every layer. GDPR-ready. No hidden scoring. Every employee can see what Helm knows about them.
FoundationRoadmap
Helm is built in phases – each one adding a layer to the organisational graph. We ship products when they’re ready, not when a date arrives.
Phase 1 – 2026
Foundation
Acquire customers. Validate demand. Seed the graph.
Phase 2 – 2027
People Operations
Solve operational pain. Deepen the graph. Expand to full People Teams.
Phase 3 – 2028
Workplace Intelligence
Turn the graph into intelligence. Help leaders understand how work actually happens.
How we build
01
Signal first
Every feature must generate useful organisational signals or solve meaningful workflow pain. If it does neither, we don’t build it.
02
Passive over active
The graph builds from real work – not from asking employees to fill in forms. Friction is the enemy of adoption and the enemy of clean data.
03
Confidence over certainty
Atlas never asserts. It estimates, with evidence. A system that knows what it doesn’t know is more trustworthy than one that always has an answer.
04
Humans decide
Helm recommends. People decide. We build tools that inform human judgement – never tools that replace it. Accountability stays with your team.
Create your first celebration board in under two minutes. Every interaction starts building the organisational graph. By the time Atlas ships, you’ll already be ready.