# Francisco Martin-Rayo

> Francisco Martin-Rayo is the co-founder and CEO of Helios AI, a climate-risk and commodity-price platform that helps agri-food companies see supply shocks before they hit. A former Mexican-avocado trader who became a BCG principal and AI-fintech executive, he teamed up with ex-Google engineer Eden Canlilar in late 2022 to build an AI that scrapes 250,000 news sources every 15 minutes, runs custom models for dozens of crops, and tells procurement teams when, how much, and where to buy across roughly 90 countries.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Helios AI
- **Organizations:** Helios AI, Deep Labs AI, Boston Consulting Group, She Should Run
- **Education:** Master of Public Policy (MPP), Harvard University, B.Sc. in Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.A. in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Helios AI, a climate-risk and commodity-price forecasting platform covering roughly 85-90 countries and 50-75 agricultural commodities, Raised approximately $7.05M total: a $3M pre-seed led by Supply Change Capital and a $4.7M seed led by Collide Capital and S&P Global Ventures, Won Walmart's 2024 open call, becoming a Walmart partner and customer

## Career timeline

- **post-Penn** — Ran an import/export business for Mexican avocados
- **—** — Principal at Boston Consulting Group, leading digital transformations for Fortune 100 companies
- **—** — Chief Commercial Officer at Deep Labs AI, an AI fintech
- **2022** — Co-founded Helios AI with Eden Canlilar (December 2022) and became CEO
- **2023** — Helios launched its AI platform to predict agricultural supply chain disruptions
- **2024** — Won Walmart's open call; became a Walmart partner and customer
- **2025** — Raised $4.7M seed round led by Collide Capital and S&P Global Ventures (announced October 2025)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Helios AI, a climate-risk and commodity-price forecasting platform covering roughly 85-90 countries and 50-75 agricultural commodities
- Raised approximately $7.05M total: a $3M pre-seed led by Supply Change Capital and a $4.7M seed led by Collide Capital and S&P Global Ventures
- Won Walmart's 2024 open call, becoming a Walmart partner and customer
- Built a platform with 500B+ climate risk data points, 53 crop-specific ML models, and 250,000 news sources scraped every 15 minutes
- Predicted the rise in cocoa prices weeks before the market moved
- Helped Libby's achieve a 15% cost reduction on mandarin procurement
- Published in or featured by the Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, Fast Company, and Inc.com
- Board member of She Should Run, a nonprofit focused on electing women to office

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Helios announced a $4.7M seed round led by Collide Capital and S&P Global Ventures.
- **2025-09** — Last funding event recorded around September 2025 (Seed stage).

## Links

- Website: https://helios.sc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-martin-rayo-b95b393/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zpwRz2Mp4

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Last updated: 2026-06-24