Vercel's CFO Marten Abrahamsen: Move Fast or Fall Behind

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CJ Gustafson interviews Vercel's CFO Marten Abrahamsen about finance in a hypergrowth AI environment.

CJ Gustafson sits down with Marten Abrahamsen, CFO of Vercel, at the NYSE to talk about running finance inside a hypergrowth AI company. They cover AI use cases in finance, rev rec, forecasting, KPI dashboards, PLG, consumption pricing, and Marten’s “speeding tickets vs. parking tickets” framework for moving fast without losing control. — SPONSORS: Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered agents that capture expenses automatically, enforce policy before the spend happens, and close your books in minutes instead of weeks. 35,000+ companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Anthropic, and DoorDash already run on Brex. It's time to get Brex AF. Learn more at https://www.brex.com/metrics Aleph is a modern FP&A platform built for teams that want more than another planning tool. By connecting your ERP, CRM, and other systems into one trusted data layer with AI workflows, Aleph helps you move faster with real-time insights. Get a personalized demo at https://www.getaleph.com/run RightRev is an automated revenue recognition platform that lets your product team ship new pricing without asking finance for permission, and your sales team close deals without creating downstream…

People in this episode

Host: CJ Gustafson

Guest: Marten Abrahamsen

Topics covered

• finance in AI companies
• hypergrowth
• KPI dashboards
• revenue recognition
• forecasting
• pricing strategies

Keywords

• finance
• AI
• hypergrowth
• KPI
• revenue recognition
• forecasting
• pricing
• speeding tickets
• parking tickets

Sponsors

Brex, Aleph, RightRev

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vercel, Rillet, OpenAI, Coinbase, Anthropic, DoorDash

Places: NYSE

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