Helix announced on November 11, 2026 that it had raised $6.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Chicago Ventures and launched its on-device voice-verification platform with early partners. The system is designed to confirm humans, estimate age and provide biometric authentication from four spoken numbers in under four seconds. CEO and co-founder Alex Oberg said Helix is responding to a verification model that can burden users while leaving platforms uncertain whether an account belongs to a…