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▶ 12:50 · AI Coding Agents · 90% of code now written by Claude; engineering role shifting to prompting and architecture
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Scaling Europe

Light replaces fragmented finance tools with one platform: Jonathan Sanders, CEO at Light.

2026-04-13 · 1 company · 4 thematic
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jonathan sanders

CEO of Light, an AI-native finance platform consolidating payments, accounting, and compliance for multi-entity companies. Previously a quantitative researcher with background in machine learning (K-means, T-SNE). Raised $13M Series A led by Blossom with participation from Balderton.

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