Helika and Avalanche’s Accelerator Demo Day at PGC San Francisco on 9th March
Helika and Avalanche will host a joint Accelerator Demo Day at PG Connects Summit San Francisco on Monday, 9th March, 2026.
The showcase caps a 12-week program, which launched in November 2025 to help game studios build, launch and scale on Avalanche. Eligible studios are backed by funding, hands-on mentorship and Helika’s data and publishing support.
The summit will serve as a platform for the first cohort of studios to showcase their products, meet investors and publishers.
“We didn’t build this accelerator to produce slide decks. We help top teams produce shipping games,” said Helika CEO and founder Anton Umnov.
Alongside hosting the Demo Day, Helika will reveal more details of its Publishing Engine, an AI-powered modular system that enables full-cycle publishing through one interconnected publishing stack. That also includes the Content Creation Engine, which brings studio characters to life as persistent voices across social and community channels, while streamlining the publishing process.
In terms of Avalanche, it provides its embedded financial infrastructure, allowing game publishers to own their decentralised economies. It gives operators the speed, cost efficiency and auditability they need without exposing players to blockchain complexity.
Helika CPO Ilya Abugov commented, “GDC is where the industry comes to see what’s next. This year, we’re bringing our cohort to the floor, and we’re previewing the Publishing Engine behind the program. If you’re a studio ready to scale, or a publisher looking for the next wave of breakout teams, you should be in the room.”
“We are incredibly proud of the cohort we’ve assembled for this Demo Day. These teams are doing genuinely exciting work, and PG Connects is the perfect stage to show what’s possible when strong studios have real support behind them,” added Ava Labs gaming partnerships lead Parker Heath.
PG Connects Summit San Francisco takes place on 9th March 9th, 2026, at 715 Harrison Street, San Francisco. Delegates can connect with the Helika and Avalanche teams onsite to request demo access and to schedule meetings.
For further details, you can contact marketing@helika.io.
