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

June 2025

How to find the best AI Use Cases for Finance

Recently, Rippling hosted an AMA session with me and I got a lot of great questions from the finance community about AI adoption.

Jun 6, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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May 2025

A Simple Hack for Better Code-Driven Analysis 📊

Ask for Visuals, Not Just Numbers

May 17, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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Learn by Doing

The best way to learn how to use AI in finance is to start with small tasks you already know how to do well.

May 5, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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April 2025

Close the Books in Five Days, Even with a Lean Team

A practical playbook for Controllers and CFOs looking to escape the vicious cycle of long close timelines.

Apr 24, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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Your Implementation Timeline Is Killing Your Software Project

The single best predictor of software implementation success is speed.

Apr 2, 2025 • Sowmya Ranganathan

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