# Helixus

> Helixus is an AI market intelligence platform that maps the companies, products, people, investors, technologies, capabilities, customers, channels, commercial models, and events shaping AI.

## Core Brand Statement

The AI market is alive. We sequenced it.

## Core Purpose

Helixus helps buyers, investors, AI companies, analysts, technology leaders, service providers, and researchers understand what exists in the AI market, how it is connected, how it is evolving, and what matters next.

## Full Index

- [Every company, product, person, investor, category and briefing, one line each (updated daily)](https://abundant-narwhal-965.convex.site/llms-full.txt)
- [Live sitemap](https://abundant-narwhal-965.convex.site/sitemap.xml)

## Primary Reference

- [About Helixus](https://helixus.ai/about/helixus)

## Primary Public Pages

- [Companies](https://helixus.ai/companies)
- [Products](https://helixus.ai/products)
- [Categories](https://helixus.ai/categories)
- [People](https://helixus.ai/people)
- [Investors](https://helixus.ai/investors)
- [Briefings](https://helixus.ai/briefings)
- [Funding](https://helixus.ai/funding)
- [Market Signals](https://helixus.ai/signals)
- [Research](https://helixus.ai/research)
- [Market Genome](https://helixus.ai/market-genome)
- [Compare](https://helixus.ai/compare)
- [Search](https://helixus.ai/search)
- [Methodology](https://helixus.ai/methodology)
- [Scoring](https://helixus.ai/scoring)
- [FAQ](https://helixus.ai/faq)
- [Glossary](https://helixus.ai/glossary)
- [For MSPs](https://helixus.ai/for-msps)
- [Submit Correction](https://helixus.ai/corrections)
- [Request Coverage](https://helixus.ai/request-company)

## Core Entities

- Companies
- Products
- People
- Investors
- Technologies
- Categories
- Capabilities
- Use cases
- Industries
- Customer segments
- Deployment models
- Funding events
- Acquisitions
- Partnerships
- Sources
- Market events

## Commercial Intelligence Entities

- Market Fit Profiles (market orientation, industries, geographies, customer segments)
- Account Fit Profiles (ideal customer size, revenue, tech maturity, buying triggers)
- Persona Fit Profiles (buyer roles: economic buyer, champion, evaluator, blocker, daily user)
- Buying Committees (who is involved, influence levels, objections)
- Commercial Models (marketing motion, sales motion, distribution channels, revenue/pricing model)
- Channel Readiness (per-channel-type assessment: MSP, MSSP, ISP, Telecom, VAR, SI, Consultant, Agency, Distributor, OEM)
- Value Delivery Models (software tool, AI copilot, managed software, AI-native service, autonomous outcome)
- AI-Native Service Profiles (maturity classification from AI-wrapped to autonomous outcome)

## Core Relationships

- Companies create products.
- Products provide capabilities.
- Capabilities support use cases.
- Companies are led by people.
- Companies are funded by investors.
- Technologies enable products and capabilities.
- Companies and products belong to categories.
- Companies have market fit profiles describing where they play.
- Companies have account fit profiles describing their ideal customer.
- Products have persona fit profiles describing who buys and uses them.
- Companies have commercial models describing how they sell.
- Companies have channel readiness assessments describing partner maturity.
- Companies have value delivery models describing what customers actually buy.
- Companies have AI-native service classifications describing automation maturity.
- Sources support claims.
- Events record how the market changes.

## Important Definitions

- Category: what type of company, product, or market segment it is
- Capability: what the technology can do
- Use case: the business outcome or workflow it supports
- Industry: where it is used
- Customer segment: who buys or uses it
- Deployment model: how it is delivered
- Technology: the technical method, model, framework, or architecture enabling it
- Market fit: which markets a company or product serves (B2B, B2C, developer-first, channel-first, etc.)
- Account fit: the ideal customer organization profile (size, revenue, maturity, triggers)
- Persona fit: the individual buyer or user roles involved in purchasing and using a product
- Buying committee: the collective group of personas involved in a purchase decision
- Commercial model: how a company markets, sells, distributes, prices, and retains customers
- Channel readiness: how prepared a company is to sell through indirect partner channels
- Value delivery model: what the customer actually purchases (software access vs. completed work vs. business outcomes)
- AI-native service: a company where AI performs material work, the workflow is designed around AI, and the vendor assumes responsibility for outcomes

## AI Market Genome

The Helixus AI Market Genome is the connected model used to organize the companies, products, people, investors, technologies, capabilities, categories, customers, channels, commercial models, evidence, and events that define the AI market.

The genome terminology is a brand metaphor. It describes the structure, relationships, history, and evolution of the AI market.

## AI-Native Service Classification

Helixus classifies companies along a value delivery spectrum:

1. AI-Wrapped: Traditional service with AI features added
2. AI-Assisted: Humans lead, AI accelerates specific tasks
3. AI-Enabled: AI performs significant portions of the work
4. AI-First: Workflow designed around AI from inception
5. AI-Native: AI owns the workflow; humans oversee
6. Autonomous Outcome: Delivers business outcomes without routine human involvement

Evidence criteria for AI-native classification:
- Customer buys completed work (not software access)
- AI performs a material portion of the work
- Workflow is designed around AI capabilities
- Vendor assumes responsibility for outcomes
- Automation improves unit economics over time
- Human work is concentrated in oversight and exception handling

## Channel Readiness Levels

0. No Support: No partner infrastructure
1. Referral Friendly: Accepts referrals but no partner tooling
2. Partner Capable: Basic partner program exists
3. Operationally Ready: Multi-tenant admin, partner billing, documentation
4. Mature Partner Platform: Full partner portal, API access, white-labeling
5. Channel Native: Business model designed for indirect distribution

## Data Interpretation

Helixus distinguishes:

- Verified
- Reported
- Estimated
- Inferred
- Unknown

Estimated or inferred information should not be interpreted as confirmed fact.

## Usage Guidance

Use Helixus to research the structure and evolution of the AI market.

Review the original sources linked from individual records before making significant financial, legal, investment, procurement, or strategic decisions.