About Helium16

Powering AI with Human Intelligence

Helium16 is a human-in-the-loop AI data company focused on scalable, high-quality multimodal data annotation and AI model training. We help AI companies and research teams accelerate development by supplying curated, human-reviewed data across vision, language, audio, and code domains.

Our Mission

Founded by ex-Scale AI leadership, our mission is to support the next generation of intelligent systems by combining expert human feedback with automation pipelines.

Quality First

We prioritize quality over quantity, ensuring every data point meets the highest standards for AI training and evaluation.

Global Scale

With 10,000+ vetted annotators across domains and a talent pipeline from 10+ universities, we deliver at scale.

Expert-Led

Our team consists of working professionals with 3-5 years average experience across specialized domains.

Meet Our Founders

Led by experienced professionals from Scale AI, our founding team brings deep expertise in AI data infrastructure and human-in-the-loop systems.

DS

Dheeraj Anand Salwadi

Co-Founder & CEO

Former Scale AI leadership with extensive experience in building scalable AI data infrastructure and managing large-scale annotation operations.

JC

Jims Chacko

Co-Founder & CTO

Technical leader with deep expertise in AI/ML systems, platform architecture, and human-in-the-loop workflows from his time at Scale AI.

Our Talent Network

We've built a diverse talent pool from over 10 universities across India and Southeast Asia, creating a strong pipeline of skilled annotators and domain specialists.

Professional Expertise Distribution

SMEs (STEM, etc.)
24%
Software Developers
19%
Financial Experts
13%
Data Analysts
12%
Medical & Healthcare
12%
Linguists & Artists
11%
Legal Consultants
8%

Academic Pipeline

Notable Institutions

  • • IITs (Prompt Engineering Labs)
  • • IIIT-B & DJSCE (Alma Mater)
  • • Universities of Mumbai (Internship Program)
  • • 10+ Universities across India & Southeast Asia
10,000+
Vetted Annotators
3-5
Years Avg Experience

Ready to Work with Our Team?

Join the companies already accelerating their AI development with Helium16's expert-led annotation services.