Helios offers a business text‑messaging platform that lets teams create, segment, and automate SMS campaigns for both bulk and one‑to‑one outreach.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses often struggle to engage customers quickly and personally at key decision moments because traditional email or social media outreach can be slow, impersonal, and difficult to automate at scale. Additionally, managing compliance with TCPA regulations adds complexity to SMS campaigns, deterring many companies from using text messaging as a growth channel.
Solution
Helios provides a cloud‑based business text‑messaging platform that enables teams to create, segment, and automate SMS campaigns for both bulk and one‑to‑one outreach. Users can build and embed lead‑capture forms that trigger immediate, personalized SMS replies, ensuring conversations start at the moment a prospect shows interest. Real‑time CRM integration keeps contact lists and dynamic segments up to date, while built‑in TCPA compliance automatically adds required language to each message. The platform includes a desktop and iOS interface for managing conversations, assigning them to team members, and tracking performance metrics, all from a single dashboard.
Target Audience
Helios is aimed at marketing teams, sales operations, and customer‑support groups in SMBs and mid‑market companies that need to run regulated SMS campaigns and engage leads or existing customers via text.
Features
- Form builder with embeddable lead capture that initiates instant SMS responses
- Advanced segmentation using prebuilt templates, AI prompts, and real‑time CRM sync
- Smart automations that send messages based on segment changes, keywords, or form submissions
- Built‑in TCPA compliance that appends required language automatically
- Team collaboration tools: assign, close, and track conversations across unlimited users
- MMS, picture messaging, link tracking, and voicemail‑to‑SMS transcription
- Dedicated iOS app for on‑the‑go campaign and conversation management
- Unlimited users and contacts with scalable message credit plans