About
Alex Niehaus worked in business operations at startups while at college before joining Atoms, where he built automation tools to increase human productivity. He subsequently led AI agent development at Arcane, an Accel-backed company, and then founded a business automating physical-world workflows.
CEO at Helicon
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Co-founders at Helicon
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Experience
- HeliconCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- -Founder2025
- Various CompaniesBefore Helicon2022 — 2025
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alex Niehaus work?
- Alex Niehaus is CEO at Helicon.
- What companies did Alex Niehaus found?
- Alex Niehaus founded Helicon.
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Shared employers
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