Helium is a decentralized wireless network built and owned by its community, powered by HNT as the currency of connectivity. Helium's Twitter Score is 229 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,031 (top 1%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Helium was co-founded by Amir Haleem, Shawn Fanning, and Sean Carey. The network enables businesses and individuals to host small devices called Hotspots, earning HNT tokens in exchange for providing wireless connectivity. Per Axios, Helium raised $200 million in a Series D round at a $1.2 billion valuation in February 2022. The parent company, Helium Inc., rebranded to Nova Labs Inc. in 2022, and Nova Labs acquired FreedomFi that same year as part of its cellular-network expansion.
Helium migrated to Solana in April 2023 following community approval of HIP 70. The community had previously approved IOT and MOBILE sub-network tokens in 2022, and in January 2025 HIP 138 returned HNT as the primary reward token across all sub-networks. Helium is affiliated with Nova Labs, the Helium Foundation, FreedomFi, and DISH Network.
Helium has attracted backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Multicoin Capital, Khosla Ventures, GV, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global, Munich Re Ventures, and FTX Ventures. On January 17, 2025, the SEC filed a complaint against Nova Labs Inc. alleging unregistered securities sales related to Hotspots and allegedly misleading partnership claims; those claims are allegations, not established findings of guilt. On April 10, 2025, the SEC agreed to dismiss the unregistered securities claims, and Nova Labs agreed to a $200,000 no-admit/no-deny settlement tied to its Series D equity financing, according to the retrieved source.
Helium's portfolio includes Strata Protocol and FreedomFi. Helium has published 12,674 posts on the platform. Helium has been mentioned by 953 accounts, with 6,092 total mentions.
Who follows Helium on X?
The accounts that follow Helium include 727 founders, 170 angel investors, 557 influencers and 63 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Chris Dixon, Toly, Laura Shin, Solana and Ansem.