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Dispatches from the future of careers.

Essays, product notes and research from the RiseIQ team. AI-native work, agentic workflows, and the evidence-based career stack.

ManifestoJune 02, 2026 · 9 min

The resume is dead. Long live the Career DNA.

For 80 years a single page of past achievements has gatekept opportunity. We think it's time for something living, evidence-based, and yours.

By Helios Team

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Agents · May 24, 2026 · 6 min

Why we built Helios as a conductor, not a chatbot

Single-model assistants flatten careers. Orchestration unlocks specialization.

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Students · May 17, 2026 · 5 min

From classroom to portfolio in a weekend with Foundry

How undergrads are shipping evidence faster than ever — and what employers actually notice.

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Privacy · May 09, 2026 · 7 min

Career DNA belongs to you. Here's how we mean it.

Export, deletion, scoped consent, and why we'll never train foundation models on you.

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Employers · Apr 28, 2026 · 8 min

Hiring on evidence: a 90-day pilot with 12 teams

Time-to-quality-hire dropped 41%. False positives dropped further. Here's the playbook.

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Institutions · Apr 14, 2026 · 6 min

What outcomes look like when every student has a co-pilot

Early data from three universities running Helios across their career services teams.

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Engineering · Apr 02, 2026 · 10 min

Inside the evidence engine: artifacts, provenance, and grounding

How we turn messy career signal into structured, queryable, verifiable evidence.

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