Jonathan Sanders
10 Jun 2026Live from Cherry Ventures Summit
3:07:0115 min
Jonathan Sanders (Light): Autonomous Finance & Killing the ERP
Jonathan Sanders, co-founder and CEO of Light, introduces the autonomous finance platform replacing legacy ERPs like Oracle, Workday and NetSuite for fast-growing companies. He explains why ERPs missed the cloud and AI revolutions, how Light does rip-and-replace migrations with agentic data cleanup, and how customers are now actively seeking to switch. He discusses CFOs demanding AI from the top down, agents handling reconciliation, treasury, and compliance checks like monthly VAT validation, and previews 'organic software' — adaptive, self-healing software with memory that derives stories and insights from company activity — plus an anecdote about the agent freezing company cards over missing receipts.