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Notes from Vyoma.

What we’re building, thinking, and learning.

49 articles

Launch

Arka AI is now Helix

Arka grew into an ecosystem: Helix web in your browser, and Helix for Windows — an AI that actually uses your PC — now in public beta.

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Guides

How to make a GST invoice (free 2026 guide)

What must be on a tax invoice, CGST + SGST vs IGST, a worked example with real numbers, and how to make one free in Invoicely.

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Launch

Introducing Vyoma Pocket

A shelf of small, free apps that each do one job well — no ads, no sign-up. First up: Invoicely, a GST invoice maker that runs in your browser.

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Guides

What are safety numbers, and why should you check them?

End-to-end encryption only protects you if you’re talking to the right person. Safety numbers are how you make sure.

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Guides

Best Minecraft shaders for laptops with integrated graphics

Yes, shaders can run on Intel UHD and Iris Xe. What to install, which effects are cheap, which are expensive, and the presets that keep it smooth.

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Guides

What end-to-end encryption actually means, in plain English

Locks, keys and the server in the middle — what “end-to-end encrypted” really protects, and what it doesn’t.

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Guides

How to get more FPS in Minecraft on a low-end PC (2026 guide)

Sodium, Lithium, the right Java, the right amount of RAM and a handful of settings — everything that actually raises FPS on a weak laptop.

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Early access

Introducing Glint, a lighter Minecraft launcher

A tiny, fast launcher for Minecraft: Java Edition that tunes itself to your PC and turns on shaders with one click. Early access for Windows.

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Launch

Introducing Vero Messenger

A private messenger where every message, photo and call is end-to-end encrypted before it leaves your phone. Now part of Vyoma.

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Updates

Introducing DiaCare AI

A diabetes companion for the next billion people who need one. Built on Helix 1.

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Guides

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes

The most common form of diabetes — 90% of cases — explained without jargon.

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Guides

Reading your HbA1c — what the number means

A 3-month report card for your blood sugar. The ranges, the math, the limits.

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Guides

Indian meals and portion sizes for diabetes

The plate method, applied to roti, dal, rice, and sabzi. Practical, India-specific.

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Guides

Hypoglycemia — knowing the warning signs

Low blood sugar can be dangerous in minutes. Symptoms, the 15-15 rule, when to call emergency.

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Guides

Exercise and diabetes — the cheapest medicine

Thirty minutes a day, five days a week. Why moving matters, and how to make it stick.

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Guides

Gestational diabetes — what every pregnant person should know

It affects 1 in 5 pregnancies in India. Temporary, treatable, but it needs attention.

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Prediabetes — the warning your body is sending

Catch it here and you may never need diabetes medication. Reversible with simple changes.

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Philosophy

Why India has so much diabetes

A genetic, dietary, and historical story. And what we can do about it.

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Guides

10 diabetes myths, busted

The things your relatives tell you that are not true. Sugar does not directly cause diabetes. Karela does not cure it.

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Guides

Blood sugar monitoring — when, how, and what to look for

A glucometer is the cheapest, most powerful diabetes tool you own. Used well, it teaches you more than a doctor visit.

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Guides

Diabetes and your heart

Two out of three diabetics will die from a heart event. The biggest reason to take diabetes seriously.

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Guides

Building a diabetes daily routine

Morning, mid-day, and evening rituals that make diabetes manageable without consuming your life.

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Guides

Sleep, stress, and blood sugar

The two diabetes drivers most management plans skip past. They are central, not optional.

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Guides

Hydration and diabetes

High blood sugar dehydrates you. Dehydration concentrates blood sugar. Here is how to break the cycle.

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Guides

Diabetes medications — a plain-English overview

Metformin, sulfonylureas, GLP-1s, SGLT2s, insulins. What each one does. Educational only.

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Guides

Foot care — the diabetes habit nobody talks about

A 5-minute daily ritual that prevents one of the most devastating diabetes complications.

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Engineering

How DiaCare AI was built

A small team, Helix 1, a Cloudflare Worker, and a lot of medical reading. The engineering behind DiaCare.

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Guides

When to see a doctor — not later, now

Six situations where DiaCare AI will tell you to see a doctor in person, today.

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Guides

Asking DiaCare AI good questions

Get the most out of a free pocket diabetes companion. Patterns that work, things to skip.

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Updates

Introducing Helix 1

Our first named model. Helix 1 is a carefully-tuned wrapper that layers Helix's personality, memory, and safety around a high-quality inference layer.

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Updates

Projects: a place for your thinking

Group related chats, attach reference material, and keep context together. Every account now starts with a "How to use Helix" project.

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Updates

Plans that grow with you

A new Claude-style pricing page for Helix. Pro at $7/mo, Max from $21/mo, with Team and Enterprise tiers for the rest.

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Engineering

Built for mobile from day one

Why Helix's chat input is now a vertical card with safe-area-aware sizing — and how a one-line CSS fix solved a stubborn clipping bug.

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Updates

Adaptive Thinking, now in the chat box

Deep reasoning is one tap away, right inside the model selector. A small move with a big impact on how Helix feels to use.

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Updates

Get Helix apps — Desktop, Mobile, Chrome

A first look at the four downloads coming soon: a native desktop app, Android and iOS, and a Chrome extension that follows you across the web.

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Guides

Five styles for five moods

Normal, Learning, Concise, Explanatory, Formal. A walkthrough of Helix's new Use Style submenu and when each one earns its keep.

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Guides

Web search in Helix, made simple

A toggle in the + menu lets Helix pull live context into its answers. Here's when to use it, and when to leave it off.

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Guides

From screen to chat in one tap

Helix's new "Take a screenshot" option uses the browser's native capture API. Snap any window, and it lands in the conversation, ready for analysis.

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Engineering

Turning errors into action

Red error bubbles are a dead end. Our new Tips popup tells you what likely went wrong and offers a way forward — without breaking the conversation flow.

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Engineering

Why your browser will always have the latest Helix

The cache invalidation pipeline that ships every Helix build to every user automatically — with no "hard refresh" required.

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Guides

Deep Reasoning, explained

When to flip the switch — and what's actually happening behind the scenes when you do.

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Guides

Memory that knows you

Helix's memory categories explained — Identity, Career, Projects, Preferences, Instructions — and how to import yours from ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

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Updates

Usage, now in percentages

Why we replaced "0/5 images" with a long progress bar and a percentage. A small redesign with surprisingly large benefits.

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Philosophy

Why Helix is a wrapper — and proud of it

The boring secret to shipping great AI products in 2026: don't build a model. Build the wrapper that makes someone else's model feel like home.

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Philosophy

Accessible, Personal, Safe

The three constraints we design within at Vyoma. They are not marketing language — they are the standards we hold ourselves to.

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Philosophy

No ads. No trackers. No attention games.

Why Helix will never run third-party analytics or sell your data — and what we do instead.

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Philosophy

Built in India, for the world

Why we chose India as our home base — and why a global product can absolutely come from here.

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Updates

From v0.1 to Helix 1 — an Helix timeline

Five months. Eight releases. A complete rebuild of the chat box. Here's everything that's changed in Helix, in one chronological read.

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Philosophy

What is Vyoma Group?

Vyoma is not just a company. It is a belief about what intelligence should be — accessible, personal, and safe for everyone.

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