Ashish Sharma is the Co-Founder of Helium Smart Air, a Jaipur-based D2C startup reimagining air conditioning for compact urban spaces across India.

Ashish is an IIT Kanpur alumnus who co-founded Helium Smart Air in 2025 alongside fellow IIT Kanpur graduate Aman Munka, bringing deep engineering expertise to the consumer appliances space.

Ashish identified a critical gap in the AC market, noting that existing options are oversized, inefficient, and not designed for how modern urban dwellers actually live.

Under Ashish's leadership, Helium secured $2 million in seed funding led by India Quotient and forged a research partnership with IIT Kanpur to develop next-generation smart cooling technology.

Helium's debut product serves spaces up to 100 sq ft, runs on a 1 kW solar panel, features app-based controls and gas leak detection, and is expanding distribution across Delhi NCR and Rajasthan.