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Helena Z.

Questioner · DISC type c
cofounder at Fish Audio
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Helena is the co-founder of Fish Audio, specializing in expressive text-to-speech technology. She has a proven track record of scaling AI startups, having twice grown companies from $0 to $10M ARR in under a year. Her background includes an engineering degree from UCLA and venture capital experience investing alongside a co-founder of Tencent.

She has a playbook for growing companies from $0 to $10M ARR in under a year, a feat she has accomplished twice.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
cofounder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Helena shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Not Easily Convinced
Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Helena cares about

Rapid Startup Scaling
Her headline and employment history detail successfully growing two separate companies from $0 to $10M ARR in a single year.
AI Product Development
As the co-founder of Fish Audio (AI voice) and former growth leader at OpenArt AI (visual AI), she is deeply involved in building and launching AI products.
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Career

Work history

2025
cofounder
Fish Audio
2022 - 2025
Founding Growth
OpenArt AI
2022 - 2023
Investor
Decent Capital
2021 - 2022
Systems Design Project Lead
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
2020 - 2021
Researcher @ UCLA HCI Lab
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
BS
UCLA
Engineering Innovation @Whiting School of Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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