Excel’s New Agent Mode is Really Good

Microsoft recently shipped something big in Excel: Agent Mode.

Oct 10 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

Sowmya Ranganathan

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May 2025

A Simple Hack for Better Code-Driven Analysis 📊

Ask for Visuals, Not Just Numbers

May 17 • 

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

Sowmya Ranganathan

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March 2025

How AI writing code will change Finance (and what you need to know)

There is a lot of buzz about what AI can and cannot do.

Mar 28 • 

Sowmya Ranganathan

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