Helium is a Network of Connected Devices which rewards Nodes for providing a network for the machines to connect to each other.^[1]

History

Helium was founded in 2013 by Shawn Fanning, Amir Haleem, and Sean Carey, with a mission to make it easier to build connected devices.^[2]

Management

Amir Haleem is the CEO and Helium's COO is Frank Mong.^[3]

Services

Helium gateways only consume 15W and reward hosts based on the number of devices that connect to the node. The network connects low-power machines to the internet in a new, secure, and affordable way. Thousands of machines can connect to a single gateway and send encrypted data through to the internet over miles of range while owners earn tokens every time machines connect to their gateways.^[1]