Helix: The First Housing Innovation Agency
Lowering the cost of housing development through innovation
Why Helix?
Why Housing Innovation Fails: The Silo Trap
  • Innovation dies in silos - Breakthrough technologies fail because they're trapped in project-by-project thinking instead of scalable, integrated systems
  • Ecosystem fragmentation blocks progress - Disconnected stakeholders and fragmented solutions prevent innovation from achieving market-transforming impact
  • Technology potential wasted - The industry ignores AI and automation advances and generally lacks internal product development expertise to bring solutions to market
Our Solution
  • Intelligence through AI - Data flows through every dimension—orchestrating what experts once spent years perfecting into moments of insight
  • Insights through coherence - We synthesize innovation, technology, and abundance—realized through years of frontline leadership—into unified blueprints for sustainable growth
  • Mastery through transformation - CEO level Advisory with seasoned partners who've spent decades pioneering breakthroughs in housing innovation
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 - 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
AI Analyst
  • Conversational business intelligence: Ask questions and get answers from your company’s documents. Your branded Analyst lets you talk to your data in a secure conversational interface.
  • AI collaboration: Team members co-create deliverables with your Analyst grounded in your data. This speeds up high-quality outputs without changing your workflow.
  • Project intelligence & planning: Centralize past and active project data to reveal patterns and benchmarks. Plan upcoming projects with accurate estimates and assumptions.
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
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
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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Civic Commons

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.

www.thesisdriven.com

From Projects to Process

The Promise of Service-Oriented Housing Development

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Housing Innovation Narrative

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

34:42

YouTube

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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