
Austin Hollan
Perplexity Head of Strategic Finance; former CorpFin @ xAI & Instacart
Studied at BYU Marriott School of Business
Hiring Manager at Perplexity AI
Available Saturday at 2:00 PM UTC
I can have more availability outside these windows by request.
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Austin's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $300/hr
Get help with Variance Analysis, Financial Reporting, and .
Austin also coaches for AI Careers and Corporate Development. View all.
Austin’s FP&A Qualifications
Experience level: Vice President
Head of Strategic Finance at Perplexity.ai; former head of Corporate and AI Infrastructure Finance at xAI and former Corporate Finance lead at Instacart. Have experience owning weekly and monthly company reporting and forecasting, guidance, long-term planning, and earnings. Extensive experience forecasting and analyzing via WholeCo company model and special projects including new business ventures, transformative partnerships, acquisitions, and cash-flow. Experience consolidating and building forecasts from multiple teams and driving decisions across all financial statements.
Austin can help with:
Variance Analysis
Financial Reporting
Skill Building
Salary Negotiation
Financial Modeling
Financial Planning & Analysis
Networking Strategy
Interview Prep
Budgeting & Forecasting
Austin also coaches for AI Careers and Corporate Development. View all.
Work Experience
Head of Strategic Finance
Perplexity AI
September 2025 - Present
Hiring Manager
Lead strategic finance including investor relations, treasury, company forecast, strategy, operations, and partnership and vendor negotiations.
Corporate & AI Infrastructure Finance
x.ai
June 2025 - September 2025
Hiring Manager
Led corporate finance including company model and cash flow forecasting, Enterprise GTM, and datacenter planning, financing, and execution.
Corporate Finance & Special Projects
Instacart
October 2021 - June 2025
Hiring Manager
IPO, corporate finance, transformative partnerships, M&A, IR, board, and executive support
Investment Banking Senior Analyst
J.P. Morgan
December 2020 - October 2021
Interviewer
Global Technology Group M&A and Capital Markets

Investment Banking Analyst
Union Square Advisors
May 2019 - December 2020
Interviewer
Technology M&A and Private Capital Advisory
Education
BYU Marriott School of Business
B.S., Finance