The Future of Finance is AI-Native: Jonathan Sanders, CEO of Light, on Organic Software, AI Agents, and Rebuilding Business Finance

About this episode

Jonathan Sanders discusses the impact of AI on business finance and the evolution of software to better serve human needs.

What happens when software adapts to humans, rather than humans adapting to software? In this episode of Riding Unicorns, James and Hector sit down with Jonathan Sanders, Founder & CEO of Light, the AI-native finance platform redefining how businesses manage money. Jonathan's journey spans investment banking, consulting, Pleo, founding Juni, and now building Light. Along the way, he has developed a unique perspective on technology, AI, and what the next generation of business software wil...

People in this episode

Hosts: James, Hector

Guest: Jonathan Sanders

Topics covered

• AI in finance
• business software
• technology adaptation
• entrepreneurship
• investment banking

Keywords

• AI-native finance
• business management
• technology
• investment banking
• consulting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Light, Pleo, Juni

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