Helium says its crypto mesh network is used by Lime and Salesforce — it isn’t
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#61Z60)
Who uses Helium? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised by The New York Times earlier this year and whose parent company is backed by investment firms like Andreessen Horowitz, had been misleading people about the companies it works with. Helium advertises on its homepage that Lime, the mobility company behind those electric scooters and bikes, uses its crypto-powered mesh wireless network. The company, however, told Mashable that it hasn't had a relationship with the company since 2019, and that it had only ever done initial testing with Helium's tech.
Now, Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website right next to Lime's, says that it also doesn't use the technology. Helium is not a Salesforce partner," Salesforce...