Rhizar
Helping our clients expand and transform by leveraging the power of AI
AI is rapidly transforming housing development - thats why we built Rhizar.
Rhizar is an AI collaboration platform for housing professionals
Your organizational intelligence compounds. Your capacity expands.
Every Helix advisory client – builders, housing professionals, developers, investors, industry associations – receives a customized Rhizar Analyst for their organization. This allows teams to collaborate with their institutional knowledge and each other.
Each Analyst has its own knowledge base, learns from every interaction, and helps your team ask better questions. And every team can build new, dedicated Analysts.
Helix Offerings
Product Development
  • Product roadmaps - From opportunity analysis through launch, we architect every step to ensure market fit and financial viability
  • Capital stack structuring + Fund Development - Design innovative debt, equity, and impact funding that aligns incentives and scales your solutions
  • Building system innovation - Develop breakthrough construction methods, materials, and typologies that work in the real world
  • Ecosystem orchestration - Build connected networks, partnerships, and supply chains that transform one-off projects into repeatable success
Rhizar Analysts - Helix works with you to build your first Analyst
  • Pilot — 3-Month Engagement - For organizations ready to transform their first workflows. We build your first Analyst with you, establish the feedback loops that compound intelligence, and train your team to create more Rhizar Analysts independently.
  • Scale — 6-Month Engagement- For organizations ready to systematize expertise across their ecosystem. We develop capabilities for sharing Analysts with partners and clients and even the general public, creating new ways to scale your institutional knowledge and generate greater profits.
Go-to-Market
  • Strategic market entry - Helix will help position, price, and launch with precision using proven frameworks from tech and housing innovation
  • Revenue engine design - Build repeatable sales channels, operational metrics, and performance dashboards that drive growth
  • Brand that breaks through - Create clear messaging and positioning that cuts through the noise for customers, investors, and partners
Executive Leadership Transformation
  • Innovation leadership - 1:1 coaching for executives navigating the challenges of growth
  • Team alignment sessions - Facilitate breakthrough thinking and unified vision across your organization
  • Strategic immersions - Offsite experiences designed to reshape how your team approaches housing innovation
Who We Work With
Helix partners with a diverse range of housing professionals, empowering them to leverage AI for enhanced efficiency and strategic growth.
Housing Innovation Teams
Modular manufacturers and timber producers encode standards, underwriting, and project delivery playbooks. Senior expertise becomes organizational intelligence that scales.
Developers
Development teams encode market analysis, underwriting, and financing strategies. Portfolio intelligence is accessible, accelerating pre-development and decision cycles.
Innovative Builders
Construction companies institutionalize building system knowledge and quality standards. Field expertise becomes organizational capability, scaling production efficiently.
Architecture & Engineering Firms
Design standards and technical guidelines become accessible across all projects. Junior staff learn firm standards rapidly, maintaining consistent design quality as teams scale.
Professional Services
Consulting firms institutionalize frameworks and methodologies. New consultants inherit decades of expertise, improving client work as patterns compound.
Investors
Scale portfolio support without proportional hiring. Portfolio companies access diligence frameworks, financing strategies, and best practices on demand.
Sample Clients
We're working with housing innovators to drive transformative change. Here are some of the clients we've proudly supported:
Development of an integrated technology and AI strategy, connecting development and manufacturing units with business development opportunities.
"Helix's deep insight, strategic thinking, and experience in innovative construction methodologies was incredibly valuable to Model/Z as we scaled rapidly." — Martin Muoto, CEO, SoLa Impact & Model-Z
Developed a regional forest-to-housing initiative, integrating supply chain, productization, and financing strategy for mass-timber housing production.
"Helix is great at bringing discipline, data, and an instant network to a wide range of questions regarding housing. Highly recommend." — Justin Dawe, CEO, Earth Force Technologies
Comprehensive go-to-market, business development, and finance strategy.
“We’ve worked with Helix for over a year. Their deep experience and systems-based approach, particularly the impact of manufacturing learning effects on cost reduction for housing, have been fundamental to our product development and go-to-market strategy.”
— Vamsi Kumar Kotla, CEO, ReMo Homes
Product, go to market, and finance advisory for an investment group on a mission of empowerment, equity, & legacy building.
“Working with Helix has dramatically helped our speed to success and improved our vision on our internal operations and external opportunities. We can easily recommend working with the team at Helix!”
— Caleb Jackson - CEO - Uplift Investment Group
Contribution to Washington State's Starter Home Production Plan, creating a scalable framework for 100,000 affordable homes and generational wealth building.
“Helix's deep engagement with our team was transformative. Their ability to bridge technical expertise with systems-level thinking helped us move beyond conventional approaches and into true innovation. Helix's contribution was not just additive—it was catalytic.”
— Marty Kooistra, Network Weaver, Civic Commons
Go-to-market and product development strategies for their expansion into the Southern California market.
"The Helix team brings significant experience and depth in real estate development with innovative construction methods. We're excited to be partnering with them to unlock future markets." — Vikas Enti, CEO, Reframe Systems
Development and implementation of go-to-market and architect partner strategy for the Vancouver-based modular homebuilder.
"Helix's expertise has been instrumental in helping us shape our architectural partner model. Their guidance on business development and vertical integration has been invaluable." — Rohan Kulkarni, CEO, Rohe Homes
Business model and product development for New Jersey's leading affordable housing developer.
"Helix brings a strong combination of experience and intellect. They are smart, insightful partners who helped us test and refine our plans. The process was invaluable." — Matthew Zullo - Partner - PHNX Development Partners
Leadership Team
Our founding partners bring decades of expertise in housing, technology, and innovation.
Stephen Anthony
8 years of full stack software development and engineering team leadership.
  • Previously
  • University of Michigan
Aaron Fairchild
10+ years industrialized housing production. 10+ years finance & development leadership.
  • Previously:
  • University of Washington, MBA
Aaron Holm
10+ years industrialized housing innovation. 10+ years technology leadership.
  • Previously
  • University of Toronto
Insights & Thought Leadership
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Our team regularly shares industry insights, case studies, and innovation breakthroughs.
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For the kickoff to OCRC's 2025-26 Transforming Construction Webinar Series, join Aaron Holm, Founding Partner of Helix, for an insightful presentation, “A Systems Approach to Canada’s Housing Crisis: Lessons from California and Opportunities for Canada.” As Canada launches the Build Canada Homes program, lessons from California reveal that funding alone isn’t enough—systemic change is key. This session explores how adopting a housing systems approach can lower costs, boost efficiency, and unloc

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WA State Scalable Starter Home Plan

Helix was a core author and contributor to the creation of the Scalable Starter Home Plan. for Washington State The Plan offers actionable recommendations for increasing production of for-sale starter homes affordable to households with low and moderate incomes.

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The Promise of Service-Oriented Housing Development

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Housing Innovation Narrative

Aaron Holm - Founding Partner - Helix - aaron@helixbuild.com

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Why Modular Construction Fails w/ Blokable | Episode 68

Aaron Holm is the Co-CEO of Blokable, a company dedicated to transforming industries through innovative building products, systems, and business models. With a rich background in launching and leading businesses, Aaron has played a pivotal role in the creation of Amazon Go and Amazon Books. His expertise spans advanced technology and logistics, having co-founded notable companies such as Mylio and Industrial Color, the latter revolutionizing the media industry’s shift from analog to digital phot

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