Jonathan Sanders - Raising $43m to build an AI native ERP, Why Oracle ERP was used to build the pyramids, His experience as Head of Payments and scaling the team from 20 to 800 at Pleo

Jonathan Sanders - Scaled global payments from 20 to 800 employees at Pleo.

Then he left to build what 9 out of 10 people told him was impossible.

He went on to co-found Light, an AI-native accounting and finance platform that replaces the ERP and frankenstack of finance point solutions.

Backed by Atomico, Balderton, Cherry Ventures, Seedcamp, and Entrée Capital, they count fast-growing businesses like Legora, Lovable and Fuse Energy as their customers.

We got into the business side, but also the bigger ideas behind it: why fear is a terrible strategy, what AI-native companies actually look like, how software becomes autonomous, and why the next generation of finance teams may only need one or two people. 🤖