Helen Hastings

Helen Hastings, founder and CEO of Quanta, a cutting-edge accounting platform, shares her journey from engineering at Affirm and Google to revolutionizing bookkeeping. She discusses how she initially had humans perform tasks that AI later tackled. Helen reveals insights from shadowing bookkeepers and highlights the pain points of current systems. Quanta builds a new ledger from scratch, emphasizing real-time data and leveraging a hybrid model. She also unveils Prism, a feature that provides natural-language reports, transforming accounting for software companies.