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Davíð Helgason

Co-founder and former CEO of Unity Technologies; independently confirmed as a third co-founder of Stratis Intelligence, and as chairman of defense-AI startup Agon (2026).

Davíð Helgason co-founded Unity Technologies and served as its CEO before it grew into a major game-engine company. Press coverage of Stratis Intelligence's November 2025 seed-funding round -- reported independently by ArcticStartup and Resilience Media -- names him as a third co-founder of the Icelandic defense-intelligence data-fusion startup, alongside Ingvar Helgason (CEO) and Smári McCarthy. Earlier stealth-launch coverage from September 2025 named only Ingvar Helgason and Smári McCarthy, so his founder status became public specifically with the funding announcement; no source gives him an operating title at Stratis or states his equity stake, and no source indicates any family relationship to Ingvar Helgason (a common Icelandic patronymic, not evidence of kinship).

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Role
Co-Founder, Stratis Intelligence
Based in
Reykjavik, Iceland
Prior experience
Unity Technologies (co-founder & former CEO)

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Who is Davíð Helgason?
Davíð Helgason co-founded Unity Technologies and served as its CEO before it grew into a major game-engine company. Press coverage of Stratis Intelligence's November 2025 seed-funding round -- reported independently by ArcticStartup and Resilience Media -- names him as a third co-founder of the Icelandic defense-intelligence data-fusion startup, alongside Ingvar Helgason (CEO) and Smári McCarthy. Earlier stealth-launch coverage from September 2025 named only Ingvar Helgason and Smári McCarthy, so his founder status became public specifically with the funding announcement; no source gives him an operating title at Stratis or states his equity stake, and no source indicates any family relationship to Ingvar Helgason (a common Icelandic patronymic, not evidence of kinship).
What is Davíð Helgason's role?
Davíð Helgason is Co-Founder, Stratis Intelligence, based in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Where did Davíð Helgason work before?
Davíð Helgason's prior roles include Unity Technologies (co-founder & former CEO).

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  1. 1

    Founded by Ingvar Helgason, Smári McCarthy, and former Unity CEO Davíð Helgason

    ArcticStartup: Stratis lands seed funding to turn chaotic data into instant insight
    Verified2025-11-21
  2. 2

    Stratis was co-founded by Icelandic entrepreneur Ingvar Helgason, former Pirate Party technologist Smári McCarthy, and Davíð Helgason, co-founder and former CEO of Unity Technologies

    Resilience Media: Stratis secures seed funding to scale real-time defence intelligence platform
    Verified2025-10-01
  3. 3

    David Helgason, founder and former CEO of Unity, chairs Agon

    BusinessCloud: Unicorn founder & ex-British Army leader launch Agon
    Verified2026-07-30