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Helen Hastings

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Founder at Quanta
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Helen Hastings is the Founder and CEO of Quanta, an AI-powered accounting platform. A Stanford University graduate, she leverages deep fintech experience from her previous roles at Affirm, Google, and NerdWallet, where she specialized in building financial systems and ledgers. She is described as a highly technical and analytical leader.

Helen is building a fully in-person team in San Francisco and emphasizes the importance of a kind, thoughtful, and fun company culture. She personally engages in deep product conversations with customers, using their feedback to shape Quantas strategy and messaging.

Unique fact: In a recent founder interview, it was noted that beyond their professional skills, Helens team members are also incredible chess players.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI in Accounting
Her company's core mission is to automate manual accounting processes using AI, a topic she frequently discusses in interviews and company blog posts.
Financial Systems
She spent nearly six years at Affirm building financial ledgers and systems of record, an experience that directly inspired her to found Quanta to solve industry-wide problems.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Founder
Quanta
7-2021 - 2-2022
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Affirm
10-2019 - 7-2021
Staff Software Engineer
Affirm
8-2018 - 10-2019
Senior Software Engineer
Affirm
9-2016 - 8-2018
Software Engineer
Affirm
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Helen Hastings - Quanta. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Bachelor's Degree
Stanford University
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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