AI spend is getting real. Here’s how finance teams should think about it.

If you missed the Lumera Live webinar last week, we talked about a question that is starting to show up everywhere: how do we actually optimize AI…

Jun 23 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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Lumera Live Recap: AI Agents + Integrations

How AI agents can automate end-to-end finance workflows across tools like Slack, Lumera, and NetSuite.

Jun 10 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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Build Once. Run Every Close.

What we built in this week's Lumera Live: a PO accrual workflow connected to NetSuite, with a reusable month-end run path.

Jun 3 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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May 2026

I built a Slackbot that talks to NetSuite

Here’s what it taught me about building AI agents for accounting

May 19 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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April 2026

How to Build AI Finance Apps on Lumera

A practical blueprint for building AI apps to automate finance and accounting workflows

Apr 20 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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March 2026

You Have Systems of Record. You Don’t Have a System of Work.

Why AI hasn’t moved the needle yet for most finance teams, and what to do about it.

Mar 22 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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Automate the Boring Stuff

A Python book changed how I thought about finance work. Lumera is what I wished existed back then.

Mar 13 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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February 2026

Finance Is Vibecoding Now. Here’s What That Actually Means.

We’ve been using Lumera to ship enterprise AI automations for finance teams.

Feb 27 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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January 2026

AI in Finance Has Evolved. Most Teams Haven’t.

Lessons from putting AI into real finance operations

Jan 22 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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October 2025

Excel’s New Agent Mode is Really Good

Microsoft recently shipped something big in Excel: Agent Mode.

Oct 10, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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September 2025

Betting on Yourself, Building From First Principles: Figma CFO Praveer Melwani

In this latest episode of the Lumera Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Praveer Melwani, CFO of Figma. Praveer joined Figma when the company…

Sep 19, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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July 2025

When AI Meets Accounting at Scale: Inside Fetch Rewards with CAO Sean Han

One of the best ways to learn about what we can do with AI today is to hear from fellow accounting and finance leaders on their own AI adoption…

Jul 3, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan