Founder. Author. Always learning.

Building, writing,
and staying curious.

Helen Lee Kupp laughing during her Udemy photoshoot

I’m the founder of Women Defining AI, on a personal mission to inspire curiosity everywhere. This space is a medley of side quests and early thoughts about what it means to learn, experiment, stay curious, and build as a way of life. Maybe the right name for this space is: non-linearity. Welcome, settle in.

The notebook

Non-linear

Searching for better questions

A working notepad of questions that I don’t have the answers to yet.

How do we discover what we don’t know we don’t know? How do you teach the art of learning?

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Selected work

A few things I’ve worked on.

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Women Defining AI

Community · Founder & CEO · 2023-now

A 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on educating the public on artificial intelligence and promoting inclusive technological advancement.

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Assay

Open Source · Coming soon

An upcoming open-source experiment in building a SQL database with AI and exploring machine-checked proofs of correctness.

Circle Back book cover by Nicole Zeng and Helen Lee Kupp

Circle Back

Coloring book · Published 2026

An AI side quest co-authored with Nicole Zeng to see if "AI can be funny" and explore the bounds of AI in creative endeavors. Circle Back is an adult coloring book for burned out techies.

How the Future Works book cover by Brian Elliott, Sheela Subramanian and Helen Kupp

How the Future Works

Book · Coauthor · Published 2022

Leading flexible teams to do the best work of their lives. Written with Brian Elliott and Sheela Subramanian.

Runner, mother, tinkerer, and your most technical non-technical friend.