Cameron Kinloch

True Vantage Partners

I work with CEOs, founders, executive teams and Boards to accelerate growth and strengthen governance during critical inflection points - fundraising, scale up, IPO prep, and M&A. 

My expertise spans Finance, Biz Ops, HR, Legal, and RevOps across a wide range of industries.

Key Projects:
• M&A Advisory: Led diligence, buyer negotiations, and Board updates for a fintech company exploring strategic alternatives.
• PE Portfolio Company Scale-Up: Built Finance, HR, and Legal functions from scratch for a PE-backed company to enable scale under new ownership.
• Fundraising & Forecasting: Developed 5-year models and investor decks that supported successful Seed and Series A raises.
• Liquidity Planning: Designed cash flow and scenario models to guide capital planning and lender alignment for high-growth businesses.
• Operating Discipline: Introduced OKRs and operating "rhythm of business" that improved alignment and accountability across teams.
• Biz Ops & RevOps: Helped establish forecasting, GTM analytics, and cross-functional planning processes.

I advise, support, and execute, bringing C-suite and Board-level perspective while helping companies build the financial and operational foundations to reach key milestones.

Board, CEO & CFO Advisor

EROAD

EROAD is a public telematics company, dual listed on the NZX/ASX exchanges. Member of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee.

Independent Board Director, Audit & Nom Gov Committees

Copper Cow Coffee

Independent Board Director

Weights & Biases

Successful exit to CoreWeave in May 2025.  W&B is building the best in-class, enterprise grade tools for AI developers. 

I am incredibly proud of our achievements at W&B. To highlight a few:

• Significant company scaling with 10x ARR growth and headcount growth from 90 to 270
• Built Finance & Legal teams from 0 to 15 + staff; supported scaling of People, Rev Ops and Deal Desk
• Launched first long-range model, AOP, and board reporting
• Forecast accuracy >97 %
• Closed $50M Series C-2 and managed investor relations
• Implemented treasury program
• Completed clean Deloitte first-year audit with no audit adjustments
• Deployed NetSuite, Pigment, Airbase; cut close to 8 days
• Opened Japan entity

Chief Financial Officer

Guided Board and CEO through M&A exit to private equity. Chair of Strategic Planning Committee. Finance Committee.

Independent Board Director, Audit & Strategic Planning Committees

Dynamic Signal

Led successful M&A exit to private equity for enterprise SaaS company with 30% of the Fortune 100 as customers. 

Led all M&A workstreams for the company (banker selection, diligence, negotiation of deal terms, closing of the transaction and integration) while also leading Finance, Legal and Revenue Operations.

Bulletproof 360

Joined as CFO of Bulletproof.  Promoted to COO and added to the Board of Directors within 6 weeks of joining.  The full executive team reported into me.

• Full operational responsibility across Sales, Marketing, e-Commerce, Supply Chain, R&D, Finance, Legal, HR, and Customer Service
• Restructured operations and cost structure to achieve profitability within 6 months
• Led creation of Compensation and Audit Committees and refinement of corporate governance policies and practices

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Board Director

Ripple Foods

Full CFO responsibilities. Recruited to lead all Finance functions reporting to the CEO.

• Board: Led Board discussions on financials.  Managed Board agenda and resolutions
• Financings: $65mm Series C announced January 2018; led upsize of large debt facilities
• Audit: Managed successful completion of first year audit
• Team: Built out Accounting and FP&A team from 2 to 8 in ten months

SVP, Finance

Ripple

Full CFO responsibilities for global enterprise software and payments company, reporting to CEO.

Recruited to lead all Finance and Facilities functions.  Finance responsibilities spanned FP&A, Accounting, Business Intelligence, Investor Relations, Revenue Operations, Treasury, and Tax.

• Strategy: Developed framework to refine and drive alignment to long-term company strategy 
• Finance: $55mm Series B announced September 2016. Transformed Finance into a strategic partnering function across entire business and built out key finance functions from scratch
• Operations: Drove operational maturity and excellence as the company rapidly scaled its enterprise sales. Scoped, established and helped hire key roles across the company
• Metrics: Created company goal setting process and responsible for cascading goals throughout the organization. Defined key company metrics
• Tax: Led initiatives to optimize company's global tax structure
• Investor Relations: Established IR function for digital asset and equity investors
• Facilities: Led global facilities function and full build-out of 30,000 sq. ft new HQ

VP of Finance

Box, Sunrun

Recruited to establish and scale critical finance functions and the FP&A organization at several incredible companies.  Built teams and established finance functions from scratch through hyper-growth, international expansion, multiple acquisitions and IPO.  

Took Box through the S-1 process and Sunrun through IPO. Took on progressively larger and more senior roles culminating in VP, FP&A role.

VP of FP&A

As a CFO, COO and 4x Board Director, I bring over 20 years of experience leading companies through pivotal transitions and driving strategic growth. 

Here's how I've helped some of the most prominent startups on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley scale:

↳ Led companies to triple-digit growth and profitability within six months.
↳ Spearheaded numerous eight-digit debt, equity, and convertible fundraises.  Achieved 100% direct sales growth while reducing costs by 20%.
↳ Advised CEOs and companies ranging from $2M to $450M+ in revenue through multiple funding rounds, IPOs and M&A exits. 
↳ Served on 4 boards, both private and public, guiding CEOs and management teams.
    
I grew up in LA where grit and education were non-negotiable. That drive took me from a public school to Harvard—and eventually to Wall Street.

My time on Wall Street was a wild ride. While I loved the fast-paced world of finance, I found my true passion in Silicon Valley, helping tech companies grow and succeed.

I’ve enjoyed combining my financial expertise with the innovative spirit of startups, guiding them through growth, IPOs, and successful exits. In the past decade, I've had the chance to work with visionary founders, helping them scale while setting them up for long-term success.

Now, I’m on a mission to help companies grow, using everything I’ve learned.

Here’s how I can help you:

1) Speak at your event on leadership, finance, or scaling startups.
2) Advise your company on navigating growth challenges, preparing for an IPO, or improving financial performance.

Shoot me a DM or email me at cameron.kinloch@gmail.com, and we’ll chat more.

We are building the best in-class, enterprise grade tools for AI developers. Our vision is to be the single system of records for all things AI within an organization.

Used by teams at NVIDIA, OpenAI, Lyft, Blue River Technology, Toyota, and MILA, W&B is part of the new standard of best practices for AI.

Early in my career as a CFO, I opened a 60-slide board deck to present in our quarterly meeting.

By slide 4, the Chair stopped me and asked, “Cameron, what do you want from us?”

That question stung and it changed how I run boards forever. 💡

Board meetings aren’t report-outs.
They’re decision forums.

It’s not about reciting metrics or proving effort.
It’s about getting clarity on what moves next. 🎯

Here’s the 3-step formula I now follow to make that happen:

1) Start with the ask.

Before you open your deck, be clear on what you need from the board.
A decision? A green light? A perspective?

If you can’t summarize your ask in one sentence, you’re not ready to present.

2) Simplify the narrative.

Most CFOs think the board wants everything. They don’t.

They want the why and the so what. Cut the noise, connect the dots, and frame every slide around what truly matters to the business.

3) Tie every metric to a story.

Don’t stop at “what happened.” Explain “why it matters” and “what we’ll do next.”

Every metric should lead somewhere, otherwise, it’s trivia.

Once I reframed meetings around action, everything changed.
Our discussions became faster, decisions clearer, and execution sharper. ⚡

That shift also supercharged trust.

The board began seeing finance not as a function but as a strategic partner that keeps the business moving forward.

If you’re a CFO still measuring success by how much you present → flip it.

Measure it by how clearly the board moves after you’re done.

P.S. I advise CFOs and VPs of Finance on building decision clarity, tighter narratives, and leadership rhythms that move the business forward. Reach out if you want to strengthen how your team shows up in the boardroom.

Board Director | CFO & COO | 4 Exits, 2 IPOs | Advisor to High-Growth CEOs and CFOs

After 15 years in the C-suite and 4 board seats, I’ve noticed the same mistakes that quietly stop talented finance leaders from becoming CFO:

1) They think like controllers, not operators.

CFOs don’t just report numbers - they shape decisions.

If you never talk about customers, product, competitive pressure, or revenue levers, you’re signaling you’re a functional expert… not an enterprise leader.

2) They build relationships up, not across.

Great CFOs aren’t just trusted by the CEO and board.

They’re trusted by GTM, Product, Ops, and People because they show up early, listen, and help solve real problems.

3) They can model a forecast but not tell the story.

The CFOs who earn board confidence connect everything in one clean thread: what’s happening, why it matters, what options exist, and the trade-offs behind each path.

Boards remember the narrative - not the spreadsheet.

4) They wait to be invited in.

Future CFOs don’t sit back. They initiate scenario plans, pressure-test strategy, and surface risks before anyone asks.

5) They stay stuck in precision mode.

Perfect accuracy slows companies down.

Standout CFOs set decision thresholds, embrace scenario ranges, and call out the unknowns so the business can move faster.

6) They solve today’s problem, not the next stage.

Boards choose the leader who can scale the company from $20M → $50M, $50M → $200M, or pre-IPO → public.

Your mindset must shift with the stage.

7) They underestimate how much the CFO role is leadership.

Most misses aren’t technical - they’re about influence.
CFOs lead rooms, drive alignment, and bring clarity in moments where ambiguity is high.

The difference between a great finance leader and a CFO isn’t technical skill.
It’s how you think, how you lead, and how you show up.

PS: I coach finance leaders on strategic storytelling, board communication, and executive presence. If you’d like to explore working together, send me a DM.

Starbucks’ new CFO, Cathy Smith, turned heads this year with a $5 million cash signing bonus and a $6.4 million equity grant.

But the real headline isn’t the pay.

It’s why she was hired.

Smith stepped in at a moment when Starbucks was facing:

☕ Multiple quarters of declining same-store sales
☕ A weakening emotional connection with customers
☕ A culture and operating model that needed a reset

This wasn’t a “steady state” CFO hire.

It was a turnaround hire paired intentionally with CEO Brian Niccol.

Because today’s CFO mandate has changed.

It’s not just a finance problem.
It’s a leadership problem.

And that’s exactly why she was chosen.

Boards today don’t want CFOs who just balance books.
They want CFOs who can lead the business forward.

It’s no longer about reporting what happened, it’s about shaping what happens next.

1) From finance leader → enterprise leader

Cathy Smith wasn’t hired to oversee accounting.
She was hired to rebuild momentum - Using finance as the lens for execution, culture, and customer experience

2) From data → narrative building

Financial Precision matters, but it doesn’t move people
The CFO who can extract meaning behind earnings, costs, and forecasts, and turn it into a clear story, inspires belief across investors, employees, and the board.

3) From siloed thinking → cross-functional leadership

Turnarounds don’t happen from one department.
The most effective CFOs align teams, re-energize culture, and enable faster, better decisions across the entire business.

Starbucks didn’t hire Cathy Smith for where the company is.

They hired her for where it needs to go.

And they placed a bet that finance leadership can help drive that shift.

Lesson:

The CFOs who shape the future - not just report the past - are the ones defining the next era of leadership.

PS: If you’re a CFO or VP of Finance preparing for that next step, I coach leaders on the real levers of the role: strategic narrative, board communication, and enterprise leadership. DM me if you want to explore working together.

Forbes called her the most powerful and influential CFO of the last decade…

But when Google hired Ruth Porat in 2015, most analysts doubted she was the right fit.

A Wall Street operator at an innovation-driven tech giant? 
Many assumed her discipline would slow Google down.

The opposite happened:

📈 Alphabet’s market value grew past $3 trillion during her tenure
🚀 The stock jumped after her early earnings calls
💡 The company consistently beat revenue and profit expectations

Here’s what she actually changed - and what today’s CFOs can learn from her:

1) Anchor decisions in data.

Porat was famous for saying, “The answer is a number.”
Data over opinions. Signal over noise. It cut through politics fast.

2) Replace passion projects with real frameworks.

She introduced structure to how Google funded big bets.
Teams had to prove why they deserved capital - not just ask for it.

3) Challenge the status quo.

She pushed back on excess, tightened spend, and reset expectations.
Not to clip innovation - but to fuel the right innovation.

4) Think in decades, not quarters.

Her support for AI and Cloud was grounded in long-term value creation.
CFOs don’t just protect the present. They underwrite the future.

5) Earn investor trust through transparency.

By separating core results from “Other Bets,” she gave investors clarity.
Clarity → confidence → multiple expansion.

Porat didn’t shrink Google. She sharpened it.

That’s the new era of finance leadership:

CFOs don’t just keep companies healthy. 

They shape strategy.
They influence product priorities. 
They build investor conviction. 
And they make the long term impossible to ignore. 💪

PS: If you’re a CFO or VP of Finance preparing for that next step, I coach leaders on the real levers of the role: strategic narrative, board communication, and enterprise leadership. 

DM me if you want to explore working together.

At 25, my boss called me into her office...

"You're making great progress, but we're holding off on the promotion..."

I didn’t get it.

Now that I’m in the C-suite, I see why that promotion never came.

I was the hardest worker in the room.
Answering emails at midnight.
Taking every project.
Saying 'yes' to everything.

But here’s what I didn’t understand then:
Hard work isn’t the same as visible impact. 💡

I kept my head down. 
I never talked about my wins. 
I never connected my work to the bigger business story.

20 years later, I still see employees being misled.

❌ The hardest worker doesn’t get promoted.
❌ The smartest worker doesn’t get promoted.

✅ The person who shows their value gets promoted.

Your work won't speak for itself.
You have to.

Make your value impossible to miss.

- Pitch your ideas in meetings
- Talk about your career goals during 1:1s
- Tie your wins to business objectives
- Bring solutions, not just problems
- Celebrate milestones through internal channels

Quiet mouths don’t get fed.

And in your career, visibility is a skill - not a personality trait.

Early in my tenure as a board director, I emailed a question about an assumption in the financial model.

Within hours...

- The Chair acknowledged the question
- A fellow director asked for clarification
- Management responded with context the next day
- The item was added to the next meeting agenda

That simple exchange told me everything → this board values transparency, accountability, and speed.

And I realized you can learn a lot about a board’s culture from something small: how they respond when a director raises a concern over email.

On less mature boards, the same note is met with silence, defensiveness, or deferral.

And the truth is, concerns don’t disappear.

 They just reappear later as bigger, more expensive problems.

Governance reveals itself in small moments.

A healthy board:

✅ Acknowledges
✅ Clarifies
✅ Discusses
✅ Acts

An unhealthy board avoids all four.

We talk a lot about culture in the boardroom, but you can usually see it long before the meeting starts.

In 2003, Michael Fiddelke joined Target as a finance intern.
In 2019, he became CFO.
In 2026, he’s set to become the CEO of the $106 billion giant.

Here’s a big lesson if you’re a finance professional and you want to scale your career:
🎯 Think beyond finance.

Fiddelke didn’t rise to the top just by mastering accounting entries or delivering perfect forecasts.

He rotated through merchandising, operations, supply chain, and strategy.
He learned how the business actually works.

That’s the part most finance professionals miss.
Here’s what thinking beyond finance actually looks like:

1) Understand how money moves. 

Go beyond the P&L. Learn where value is created, where it leaks, what slows revenue down, and what accelerates it.

2) Speak the language of operators.

Talk in customer impact, velocity, margin, and growth. When you translate numbers into business outcomes, influence goes up.

3) Build cross-functional trust. 

The best insights live with the people closest to the work. When they trust you, they’ll tell you what the spreadsheet never will.

4) Drive decisions.

Executives don’t need more data, they need clarity. Frame trade-offs, recommend a path, make decisions easy to act on. Then you’re a strategic partner, not just a reporting function.

5) Solve problems outside finance

Fixing bottlenecks in GTM, product, or ops grows your impact far faster than polishing another report.

The truth is simple:

You don’t grow your career just by getting better at finance.
You accelerate when you become more valuable to the business. 💡

That’s the shift Fiddelke made early.

And it’s exactly the shift high-growth finance professionals need to make now.

P.S. After 15+ years in the C-suite, 4 exits, and 2 IPOs, I now coach finance leaders on strategic storytelling, board communication, and executive leadership. If you’d like to explore working together, send me a DM.

12 career principles I’ve learned as a C-suite leader and 4x Board Director that I wish I knew on day one:

👇

1) Become the go-to person for hard problems. Solve what others avoid and you become impossible to replace. 💡

2) The best communicator wins.
It’s not the idea - it’s your ability to get others to believe in it.

3) You don’t get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. Closed mouths don’t get promoted.

4) No one gets promoted for “doing their job.” Growth comes from stretching beyond your job description.

5) Make other people look good. If you help them win, they’ll pull you up with them. 🤝

6) Soft skills pay the highest ROI. Selling, influencing, navigating tough conversations - that’s leverage.

7) Speed matters. Fast movers get more opportunities because they create momentum.

8) Grow by being the least experienced person in the room. If you’re always the expert, you’re not learning anymore.

9) Being right isn’t enough. If you can’t persuade, you can’t lead.

10) Your first decade is about skills, not salary. Chase learning. The comp follows competence. 🎯

11) Reputation compounds. Every action builds or erodes your future opportunities. Protect it.

12) People don’t follow titles. They follow value. Become someone worth listening to.

What’s one lesson you wish you knew earlier?
Let me know in the comments.

My CEO once said in frustration, “Cameron, can’t we just agree for once?”

We were prepping board materials, and I kept pushing back on his assumptions.

Early in my career, I saw moments like this as conflict.
Now, I see them for what they really are - trust being tested. 🤝

The best CEO–CFO relationships aren’t built on harmony.
They’re built on truth.

My job isn’t to match the CEO’s optimism or nod along.
It’s to protect clarity.

Here’s what great partnership actually looks like:

🧩 Challenge privately, align publicly It builds credibility in both directions.

🎯 Speak in tradeoffs, not turf wars “What’s the cost?” and “What’s the upside?” are the real questions.

📊 Push for facts, even when it’s uncomfortable

Respect grows when you bring precision, not politics.

A good CFO manages numbers.
A great CFO manages tension.

Alignment doesn’t mean agreement.

It means friction delivered with respect - and clarity that elevates the whole company.

P.S. If you’re a finance or operations leader trying to build this kind of trust with your CEO, I coach leaders through exactly that shift. DM me if that’s where you want to grow.

If you’re a CFO getting labeled “too cautious” or “too tough,” here’s the real story:

You’re doing exactly what the business needs.

Here’s why:

1) You protect the company from bad spending

When the world expected Apple to chase splashy acquisitions, CFO Luca Maestri stayed disciplined. No wasteful M&A. No undisciplined expansion.

A focus on efficiency, capital returns, and precision in R&D.
Instead, he doubled down on operational efficiency, capital returns, and precision in R&D spending.

✅ Result: Apple’s stock value grew approximately 800%, and its cash reserves now exceed $160 billion giving it the freedom to innovate that no competitor can match.

2) You ask the questions no one wants to answer.

When Ruth Porat joined Google as CFO in 2015, she immediately started asking uncomfortable questions about spending priorities and accountability.

She cut unnecessary moonshot projects and demanded clarity on ROI for each initiative.
Critics said she was “too strict” for Google’s free-spending culture.

✅ Result: Google’s market capitalization soared from $384 billion to nearly $3 trillion during her tenure, and she set the standard for financial focus in Big Tech.

3) You choose integrity over popularity.

As a finance leader and later CEO, Indra Nooyi resisted pressure to optimize only for short-term profits. She pushed PepsiCo toward healthier categories.
A move Wall Street initially hated.

✅ Result: PepsiCo evolved into one of the most diversified and future-ready CPG portfolios while competitors played catch-up.

The traits people criticize in CFOs are often the ones that keep companies resilient when things go wrong.

Leadership isn’t about being liked. It’s about being responsible.

After 15 years in the C-suite, 3 M&A exits, and 2 IPOs, I now help VPs of Finance and incoming CFOs sharpen their leadership, communication, and board presence. If you want to operate like the strategic partner every CEO wants, DM me.

There have been moments in my career as a board director where I’ve looked around the table and realized I was the only one with my hand up.

And I felt a familiar hesitation → “Is it just me?”

But here’s what experience teaches you:

Board work isn’t about avoiding disagreement.
It’s about protecting the decision.

Asking the lone question isn’t a sign you’re out of sync.

It’s often a sign you’re seeing something others haven’t processed yet.

Here’s why those questions matter:

1) Timing matters → early questions prevent late surprises.

In the early 2000s, LEGO was near bankruptcy after expanding into too many unrelated products.

The board asked a pivotal question: “What business are we really in?”

Refocusing on core brick-based play laid the foundation for their turnaround. 🎯

2) Discomfort matters → the best questions feel awkward before they become necessary.

When a question feels risky, it’s usually because it challenges an assumption the group has quietly accepted as truth.

That’s when a board earns its keep - by seeking a truer picture, not a more comfortable one.

3) Conviction matters → if it sits in your mind, it deserves airtime. 🔁

In the 1980s, Intel was still clinging to its memory-chip business even as Japan dominated the market.

Andy Grove kept asking why Intel was fighting to save a business it had already lost.

That conviction drove Intel to pivot to microprocessors -A decision that shaped the next 30 years of computing.

4) Perspective matters → fresh eyes catch what familiarity filters out.

Teams closest to a decision stop seeing its weak points. 🧩

A question from someone less entangled can break the certainty loop and reframe the entire discussion.

Remember:

Board work isn’t about perfect alignment.
It’s about pressure testing the decision until it’s truly sound.

And sometimes the most valuable person in the room is the one willing to raise a hand when no one else does.

One of the most important leadership lessons I’ve learned is this:
Hire for capacity, not comfort.

I learned that 15 years ago at Goldman.

I had years of capital markets experience - but not the traditional investment-banking background.

A Partner hired me anyway.

She wasn’t optimizing for familiarity.
She was optimizing for growth.

→ She saw trajectory, not gaps
→ She saw velocity, not pedigree
→ She saw how fast I could scale, not what I hadn’t done yet

And she didn’t shelter me from the work.

From day one, I was staffed on the hardest deals:

📈 70-hour weeks absorbing the pace of banking
📊 High-stakes negotiations with seasoned clients
⏳ Tight deadlines building and defending complex models

It was intense, uncomfortable, and career-defining.

But that experience shaped how I evaluate talent today - as a CFO, as a board director, and as a leader of teams:

- Who learns fastest under pressure?
- Who can operate at altitude before they feel “ready”?
- Who grows into stretch, not away from it?
- Who has the judgment to scale into bigger roles?

Capacity is the real differentiator.

Not resume lines.
Not prior roles.
Not perfect pedigree.

The leaders who bet on capacity build organizations that outperform.

The leaders who hire for comfort build teams that stall.

I’ve seen $500M+ companies crash post-IPO.
On the other hand, I’ve seen $100M companies thrive.

At Goldman, I helped evaluate IPO candidates and prepare them for the public stage.

In Silicon Valley, I was Head of FP&A at Sunrun and Box through their IPO journeys.

I’ve sat on both sides of the table.

And the brutal lesson is always the same:
Maturity beats size.

Most CEOs and CFOs nail the table-stakes metrics:

✅ Revenue growth rates
✅ Market size projections
✅ Competitive positioning

But the real predictors go deeper.

Here are the 5 signals that separate IPO-ready companies from the rest:

1) Consistent Performance → Six or more quarters of steady execution, hitting guidance even when markets shift.

2) Operational Discipline → 5-day close or less, SOX-ready controls, teams that thrive under investor scrutiny.

3) Narrative Clarity → CEO and CFO can articulate the growth story in one sentence - and analysts can repeat it.

4) Leadership Alignment → Management and the board united on strategy, numbers, and messaging.

5) Market Pull → Analysts already tracking and investors leaning in before the S-1.

Here’s the truth:

💪 IPO ≠ graduation ceremony
🎯 IPO = starting gun for quarterly judgment

The companies that thrive don’t just prepare for a financing event.
They build the muscles of a public company long before they ever file.

The real question isn’t: “Have we hit $X in revenue?”
It’s: “Are we mature enough to deliver quarter after quarter?”

P.S. I advise CEOs, CFOs, and boards on IPO readiness, governance, and financial strategy, drawing on 20+ years across Wall Street and Silicon Valley, 3 M&A exits, and 2 IPOs.

If your company is preparing to go public, now is the time to build those muscles.

I used to think the CFO role was about numbers.

Then I delivered a financial review with flawless charts, metrics, and margin breakdowns only for my CEO to look confused and say, “Cameron, what do I do with this?”

And that’s when it hit me:
Data doesn’t drive decisions, context does.

The best finance leaders translate reporting into business clarity. Here’s how:

1) Lead with the insight, not format.

❌ Here’s our revenue trend.
✅ Revenue is up 12%, but 80% of that growth came from one segment - concentration risk is rising.

Start with the meaning.
Start with why it matters.
Start with the thing people will remember.

When you give the takeaway first, the numbers finally have a reason to exist.

2) End with “So what?” and “What’s next?”

A great review doesn’t show what happened. It clarifies what leaders should do about it.

Before sharing any number, ask:

- Is this a risk to mitigate?
- An opportunity to accelerate?
- A decision that needs to be made?

Then close with a path forward:
“Here are the options, here’s the impact of each, and here’s what I recommend.”

Finance earns influence by offering judgment, not just information.

3) Turn variance analysis into a story about cause, not blame.

❌ We missed targets.
✅ We missed due to delayed hiring and slower onboarding. If we adjust sequencing and speed ramp time by 30 days, we recover trajectory.

Great finance leaders replace emotion with:

→ Pattern recognition
→ Accountability
→ Clear next steps

Because companies don’t need more reporting. They need clarity.

___ 

Once I shifted from presenting numbers to shaping decisions, everything changed:

⚡ Teams moved faster.
🎯 Leaders made sharper calls.
🚀 Execution tightened because priorities were obvious.

Finance becomes strategic when the story sticks.

P.S. After 15 years in the C-suite and four board seats, I now advise finance leaders on the skills that matter most: partnering with CEOs, communicating with boards, and leading at the executive level.

If you’re sharpening those muscles, reach out.

Helen Yu

CEO @Tigon Advisory Corp. | Host of CXO Spice | Board Director |Top 50 Women in Tech | AI, Cybersecurity, FinTech, Insurance, Industry40, Growth Acceleration

As the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory, I help tech companies of all sizes multiply their growth opportunities by leveraging AI, cybersecurity, IoT, supply chain, and customer experience. With over a decade of technology industry experience, I offer CXO-as-a-service and guidance to organizations through digital transformation, strategic planning, enterprise risk management, go-to-market optimization, and influencer marketing.

I have worked with enterprise clients such as SAP, IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft, as well as B2B SaaS, Fintech, Insuretech, and Martech startups. I also serve as an independent board director and a venture capital advisor, where I bring a unique perspective on technology thought leadership, cybersecurity risk management, go-to-market strategy, and customer experience. I am a certified cybersecurity expert from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago, and a respected industry thought leader, a Wall Street Journal best selling author, a keynote speaker, and a host of CXO Spice podcast. I am passionate about empowering and mentoring the next generation of technology leaders, especially women and minorities.

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CEC is a security service integrator with focus markets in manufacturing, healthcare, SLED and Corporate Campus.  Customers with complicated organizations and physical plants rely on CEC as extensions of their teams in making strategic investment and management decisions related to their technology and infrastructure. I serve as Culture and Compensation Committee Chair. 

How do you ensure autonomous vehicles are safe when you can't possibly test every real-world driving scenario?

At NVIDIA GTC, I explored AI-powered autonomous vehicles and discovered NVIDIA Halos, a comprehensive safety system that's redefining how we approach this challenge.

Here's how Halos solves this challenge:
✅ Photorealistic virtual simulations generate countless driving scenarios
✅ AI-powered contingency plans activate when anomalies are detected
✅ Continuous monitoring ensures safety and reliability

Three-Pillar Validation Approach:
✅ NVIDIA DGX for AI development with advanced curation workflows that filter out undesirable behaviors before they ever reach the road
✅ Omniverse with Cosmos for photorealistic simulation, generating massive variations in our safety test data
✅ DRIVE AGX for deployment, where modular redundancy ensures safety even when AI models show uncertainty

Industry Recognition:
✅ First AI systems lab to earn ANAB and TÜV certification
✅ Internationally certified technology for end-to-end AV safety

Complete Safety Stack:
✅ A2le-decertified Drive OS and automotive-grade hardware
✅ Modular redundant architecture with third-party validation
Every layer designed to handle critical driving tasks safely

The future of autonomous vehicles is certified and validated safety systems.

#AutonomousVehicles #AI #Safety #NVIDIAGTC #AVDevelopment #Innovation 

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What will separate AI leaders from AI laggards in 2026?

Pleased to contribute to the 2026 DATAcated Trends & Predictions Report, and the insights from 14 data and AI leaders point to a transformative year ahead.

My prediction? AI agents evolve from tools to true workplace teammates.

In 2025, we saw AI become multimodal - processing text, images, and voice simultaneously. Agentic AI systems began handling complex multi-step tasks autonomously, with reasoning models showing dramatic problem-solving improvements.

Here's what I see for 2026:
✅ AI agents as colleagues - Independently managing projects and workflows end-to-end
✅ Real-time data processing becomes critical - AI systems require continuous learning from live streams
✅ Synthetic data generation explodes - Addressing data scarcity for specialized training
✅ Federated learning scales - Training across distributed datasets without compromising privacy
✅ Data governance intensifies - Lineage tracking under regulatory pressure
Organizations treating data as dynamic fuel will be the ones that thrive.

Special thanks to Kate Strachnyi and DATAcated for assembling perspectives from Cassie Kozyrkov, Marinela Profi, Bernard Marr, Lara Sophie Bothur, Stijn (Stan) Christiaens, Christina Stathopoulos, MSc, Serena H. Huang, Ph.D., Helen Yu, Pascal BORNET, Jess Ramos ⚡️, Kristen Kehrer, Andreas Kretz, Sadie St Lawrence.

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What are you most excited about for AI in 2026?

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2026 AI Trends & Predictions

How do you deploy AI infrastructure before the AI systems even arrive?

Schneider Electric's new reference designs, co-engineered with NVIDIA, provide the answer.

Industry-First Controls Framework Bridges OT and IT systems through standardized MQTT architecture, enabling seamless interoperability between power management, liquid cooling, and NVIDIA Mission Control. Real-time optimization across every layer of the stack.

NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Reference Design Supports rack densities up to 142 kW with validated frameworks for the next-generation Blackwell Ultra architecture. Digital twin capabilities through ETAP and EcoStruxure IT Design CFD enable pre-deployment simulation.

The focus on redundancy, power quality monitoring, and validated engineering directly addresses the industry's deployment bottleneck.

I look forward to attending Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit in Las Vegas next Tuesday and Wednesday, touring their switch data center and examining these solutions firsthand.

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How prepared is your organization to bounce back when an AI-driven disruption hits?

That’s the focus of my latest CEO newsletter, following Commvault Shift Virtual, where I outlined why AI resilience is becoming a top priority for executive teams and boards.

AI is accelerating decision-making, increasing identity complexity, and tightening the margin for recovery. Resilience is a strategic imperative.

In the newsletter, I break down the shift toward Commvault Cloud Unity and Resilience Operations (ResOps), and why unifying security, identity, and recovery is essential for organizations building on AI.

👉 Read the full newsletter for the board-level perspective and what this means for the years ahead. Watch the replay here: https://lnkd.in/gN6WmZ9C

What’s the biggest AI-resilience concern on your radar right now?

#CommvaultSHIFT #CyberResilience #CISO #CIO #CTO #CEO #BoardDirectors

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A Message from Sanjay Mirchandani, CEO, Commvault “The question we’re addressing today is simple: how fast can you recover in a world where breaches a

Open article: Commvault Shift Virtual: The Dawn of AI Resilience by Helen Yu • 4 min read

Commvault Shift Virtual: The Dawn of AI Resilience

What happens when the world's leading GPU innovator and cloud computing giant double down on their 15-year partnership?

I found out at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent, where I sat down with Dave Salvator, Director of Accelerated Computing Products at NVIDIA.

His answer? "We never take our foot off the gas."

Here's what that relentless pace of innovation looks like:
✅ Full Blackwell lineup now available on AWS (GB200, GB300, MGX Pro 6000)
✅ NVLink Fusion integrating with AWS Trainium4; opening NVIDIA's proven, 7x faster fabric technology to custom silicon
✅ AI Factories expanding on-premises deployment options for enterprises
✅ Confidential computing in Blackwell for secure AI workloads in regulated industries
✅ Nemotron models live on Amazon Bedrock

Dave shared something that resonated with me: while hardware advances get the headlines, algorithmic innovation is the next frontier. NVIDIA's Project DIGITS is focused on delivering 40-50% performance gains through smarter algorithms instead of more compute.

The takeaway? This partnership isn't slowing down. With yearly platform roadmaps and Rubin already on the horizon, 2025 is shaping up to be transformative for AI infrastructure.

Watch my full interview with Dave: https://lnkd.in/gAEEFFfC

#NVIDIAPartner #AWS #reInvent2025 #AcceleratedComputing #EnterpriseAI 

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"We never take our foot off the gas. Both companies are very biased towards action. We like to move quickly." — Dave Salvator, Director of Accelerated

Open article: Accelerating AI Innovation: Inside the NVIDIA-AWS Partnership at re:Invent 2025 by Helen Yu • 4 min read

Accelerating AI Innovation: Inside the NVIDIA-AWS Partnership at re:Invent 2025

What's it like watching the Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifications from the T-Mobile Magenta tower?

Unforgettable.

Huge thanks to T-Mobile for hosting such an incredible experience—the views from the Sphere Magenta Club were unmatched, and the magenta glow fit right in with The Sphere's spectacular light show. Started the evening with my first-ever aura reading, then tried on a racing suit and helmet. My AI-generated racing persona? Nano Banana 🍌.

Finished the night watching qualifications light up The Sphere while hanging out with a creative bunch—turning online connections into real ones, surrounded by the T-Mobile team and fellow F1 fans.

Sometimes the best experiences come from saying yes to the unexpected. 🏎️

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What’s Driving AI from the Lab to the Real World?

Bridging the gap between experimental AI models and industry-scale applications became the theme of my time exploring NVIDIA’s presence at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent; from a VC Startup breakfast at Osteria di Brera to hands-on demos across the Expo floor.

NVIDIA unveiled several breakthrough technologies this week:
✅ NVIDIA DRIVE Alpamayo-R1: The world's first open, industry-scale reasoning vision-language-action model for autonomous mobility
✅ Mistral Large 3: Now 10x faster on NVIDIA infrastructure
✅ Nemotron models on Amazon Bedrock: Bringing specialized agentic AI for text, code, images, and video directly to AWS customers
✅ Cosmos Cookbook: Practical resources for scaling physical AI development

The convergence of cloud infrastructure and AI is accelerating. NVIDIA's focus on open models, optimized performance, and accessible tools is democratizing AI development, making sophisticated applications available to startups and enterprises.

My conversation with Dave Salvator, Director of Accelerated Computing Products, reinforced how NVIDIA is addressing the entire AI lifecycle, from data generation to deployment.

We're witnessing a pivotal moment where physical AI, reasoning models, and open-source approaches are creating possibilities that seemed impossible just years ago.

I am thrilled about the opportunity to interview two startups founders from the NVIDIA Inception program: Diligent Robotics and Distributional, where we'll explore how they're leveraging these technologies to solve real-world challenges.

#Startup #Inception #AWSreInvent #NVIDIAPartner

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Building the future of AI but struggling to access the compute power and expertise you need?

That's exactly why NVIDIA created Inception and the Inception Tour was my favorite part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent this year.

Since my Marketo days, I've been passionate about scaling startups. As an advisor, I've had the privilege of guiding several from early stage to exit. The most thrilling part is watching founders create something that solves real pain points and finding that repeatability to scale.

In my book "Ascend Your Startup," I talk about conquering 5 disconnects to accelerate growth with principles that are relevant to startups building what's next in AI.

At the NVIDIA Inception Pavilion, I got to interview two incredible #startups leveraging the Inception program:
✅ Adam Allevato from Diligent Robotics
✅ Scott Clark, CEO of Distributional

Stay tuned for their stories to see how they're scaling their innovations.

My key takeaway: NVIDIA operates like a startup when it comes to innovation. They've built an incredible ecosystem and genuinely care about giving back to the community. That's what sets them apart.

Inception gives startups access to:
✓ State-of-the-art GPU computing
✓ Direct collaboration with NVIDIA engineering specialists
✓ Invitations to GTC conferences worldwide
✓ Connections to NVIDIA's venture arms
✓ A community of 30,000+ startups globally

The only criteria is that your company must be less than 10 years old. No equity required. No cohort limits. Just continuous support as long as you're building.

Heartfelt appreciation to the NVIDIA team for making this experience possible: Hanako Tonozuka, Daman Oberoi, Ashutosh Joshi, and Amy Kaplan.

Is your startup ready? Join 15,000+ innovators: https://nvda.ws/48xgtEh

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Are you automating the insanity or transforming your business?

That's the question Chris Hallenbeck, SVP & GM of AI & Platform at Boomi, posed in our latest CXO Spice conversation. And it cuts to the heart of the challenge.

Here's what most leaders miss: Agentic transformation isn't about making old processes faster. It's about fundamentally rethinking how work gets done.

The difference between chatbots and AI agents? Context, connectivity, and control.

Chris shared a powerful example from Serco, a company serving governments worldwide. They transformed how they handle employee certifications, moving from annual checks to something far more sophisticated. It resulted in reduced costs, lower risk, and increased operational impact. 

Here's the reality check that every executive needs to hear:
"AI is actually easy. I can build an agent that is extraordinarily powerful in under five minutes. Connectivity is really hard. Connectivity with quality data is the hardest."

So what separates successful agentic transformation from expensive pilots that never reach production?  The companies that understand this distinction and build the right foundations now will gain substantial competitive advantages.

The CXO Spice Newsletter breaks down the complete framework with detailed examples and the path forward for enterprise leaders.

Watch CXO Spice conversation with Chris Hallenbeck: https://lnkd.in/gWy4XZ_g

Are you ready for agentic transformation? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

#AgenticAI #AgenticTransformation #IPaaS #BoomiAmbassador

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"We're not trying to do the old thing faster. We're saying it can actually be done better with higher impact and lower risk." This powerful statement 

Open article: From Digital to Agentic: The Next Evolution in Business Transformation by Helen Yu • 5 min read

From Digital to Agentic: The Next Evolution in Business Transformation

Is your marketing strategy treating AI as a persona?

At the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit in Las Vegas, I sat down with Abby Gabriel, CMO of Schneider Electric North America, and this shift in thinking became crystal clear.

As Abby explained: "We now look at AI as one more persona. How does AI as an influencer take our information and ultimately provide a recommendation to our customers?"

Think about that. Not optimizing FOR AI tools. Not using AI to automate. But marketing TO AI as a decision influencer.

Here's what else stood out from our conversation:
✅ Energy tech redefined – After more than 135 years in North America, Schneider is leading the convergence through three pillars: electrification, digitalization, and automation.
✅ Digital dominance – Digital now represents 65-70% of Schneider's marketing mix, with AI strategy at the forefront. Their MySchneider portal serves more than 100,000 customers monthly.
✅ Sustainability as strategy – Serving 40% of the Fortune 500 with end-to-end decarbonization solutions—consulting, hardware, software, and services that turn strategy into results.
✅ Ecosystems over egos – With 1,500+ customers, partners, and suppliers at the Summit, Schneider proves success comes from elevating the entire ecosystem.

The future of energy technology is electrified, digitalized and automated. It turns watts and servers into intelligence, ecosystems, and sustainable outcomes.

Watch our full conversation: https://lnkd.in/gJT37MFs

On this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for leaders like Abby Gabriel who are pushing us to think differently about the future of technology and sustainability.

#EnergyTech #AIStrategy #Sustainability #B2BMarketing #Innovation #Sponsored #SchneiderElectricInnovationSummit #ISNA2025 #InnovationSummitLasVegas #EnergyTechLeaders

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At the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit North America, hosted in Las Vegas, I sat down with Abby Gabriel, CMO of Schneider Electric North America.

Open article: The Future of Energy Technology: A Conversation with Schneider Electric's Abby Gabriel by Helen Yu • 4 min read

The Future of Energy Technology: A Conversation with Schneider Electric's Abby Gabriel

What happens when the world’s most advanced AI hardware meets the industry’s most powerful cloud platform?

This week at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent, the answer was unmistakable; and the NVIDIA presence was impossible to miss.

From packed keynotes to buzzing expo-floor demos, it’s clear we’re entering a new era where AI infrastructure is a catalyst. The conversations all pointed in the same direction:
✅ Accelerated computing is now table stakes.
NVIDIA GPUs powering AWS instances are enabling companies to build, train, and deploy models at speeds that felt impossible just a year ago.
✅ Partnership is the multiplier.
AWS × NVIDIA is empowering enterprises to scale AI workloads globally, securely, and efficiently.
✅ GenAI moved from concept to production fast.
Autonomous systems, enterprise agents, real-time LLMs, next-gen developer tools - NVIDIA’s ecosystem had a gravitational pull all week.

But what stood out most were the PEOPLE who bring that innovation to life: listening, guiding, inspiring, and elevating every moment.

The 1-minute clip captured something deeper than product demos; it showed a team showing up with energy, expertise, and genuine passion:
✅ Conversations that sparked curiosity
✅ Seamless collaboration across teams
✅ Visitors energized by every interaction
✅ A polished, human experience delivered with pride

Because in the end, hardware accelerates AI… but people accelerate possibility.
And this week at re:Invent, NVIDIA showed exactly what that looks like.

#NVIDIAPartner #AWSreInvent #Inception #AI #Robotics

Amy Kaplan Dave Salvator Scott Clark Adam Allevato Jess Ramos ⚡️Jean Kang Megan Lieu Daman Oberoi Hanako Tonozuka Viktoria Semaan Linda Haviv

What’s the biggest barrier keeping AI from doing real work in the enterprise?

That’s the question I explored with Rohan Vora, Product Lead at Glean, in the latest CXO Spice Spotlight. His answer reframed the conversation around autonomous agents.

We covered:
✅ Why autonomy requires more than just great models
✅ How enterprise context unlocks real outcomes
✅ What it takes to orchestrate work across complex systems
✅ How AI is moving from “helping with tasks” to owning outcomes

If you’re thinking about the future of AI-powered work, this conversation is a must-watch  

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In a recent episode of CXO Spice, I had the opportunity to speak with Rohan Vora, Product Lead at Glean, about one of the most important shifts unfold

Open article: The Future of Autonomous Enterprise Agents with Glean  by Helen Yu • 4 min read

The Future of Autonomous Enterprise Agents with Glean

The gap between data and AI success? Context.

SaaS brought agility but broke cohesion. Enterprises now have powerful data islands that don't speak the same language.

On November 18, discover how SAP Business Data Cloud unifies data across finance, supply chain, HR, and procurement—creating the semantic layer your AI models need to deliver real business value.

Register 👉: https://lnkd.in/g5VYih_7

Hear from Accenture's Terje "T" Sorlie and SAP's Justin Ham & Orla Cullen on building AI-ready data foundations, plus live demos:
✅ Intelligent applications in action
✅ Agentic AI with SAP Joule
✅ Predictive planning powered by AI-ready data

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Want to know what kills most transformations?

After sitting through 82 acquisitions at Oracle, I learned it's not strategy. It's not talent. It's not even budget.

It's legacy infrastructure that no one wants to talk about.

I keep seeing the same pattern in boardrooms:
CEOs are betting big on AI. But most are burning 35% more on cloud than they should.

Here's why:
Data platforms built 20 years ago were designed to store information.
Today you need to access data instantly, wherever it lives, to drive AI outcomes.
That fundamental shift broke the old model.

I've lived this.
In a previous role scaling a SaaS company, our infrastructure costs outpaced revenue growth. We upgraded systems. Added capacity. Getting smarter about how we accessed data was the secret source.

Companies like Zetaris are solving this differently.
Intelligent systems that optimize how data gets accessed and processed.
The impact:
✅ Cloud costs drop 30-60%
✅ Performance improves
✅ Data becomes an advantage, not a drain

Is our infrastructure investment aligned with our AI strategy or working against it?

Explore more: https://bit.ly/4mGo0W4 or Follow Zetaris

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How much did YOUR bank take from you last time you exchanged currencies?

Last week, I went to my bank to exchange USD to euros for a trip. They charged me a $36 fee on a $500 exchange. That's over 7% gone.

And I'm not alone. 

Here's the issue most people don't see: banks are quietly taking cuts on every international transaction.

You earn money in USD → Your bank converts it (taking 2-3%) → You pay a supplier → Their bank converts it again (another 2-3%) → You've just lost 4-6% without realizing it.

For businesses processing millions? That's hundreds of thousands lost every year.

Now imagine this:
✅ One account to hold 20+ currencies, so money never has to convert until YOU decide.
✅ Expanding overseas? You can open a bank account in a new country in 60 seconds, from your laptop.
✅ A private global payment network that routes around the traditional banking system so 90% of your transactions arrive on the same day. 
✅ Add on AI agents that handle invoicing, payments, procurement, and compliance checks while you sleep. 

No waiting. No manual transfers. No hidden fees. No 7% cut.
That’s exactly what Airwallex, a global fintech offers..  Airwallex just crossed $1 Bn ARR. (90% growth) by making one thing simple: eliminate the middleman.

Now you can accept payments, hold money in multiple currencies, pay suppliers internationally, and manage team spending, all in one unified platform.

Companies like McLaren Racing, Arsenal FC, and Canva have already made the switch. 

And Airwallex is going all-in: They’ve just raised $330 million at an $8 billion valuation (30% jump in 6 months) led by Addition and with participation from T. Rowe Price, Activant Capital, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures and TIAA Ventures.

How much is your bank quietly taking from your international payments? It’s time to rethink what global finance looks like.

#FinTech #Payment #AirwallexPartner
 
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Can AI infrastructure be both sovereign AND scalable?

NVIDIA and Amazon Web Services (AWS) proved it can.
At #AWSreInvent, they announced a partnership that redefines enterprise AI:
✅ NVLink Fusion on Trainium - massive model training, unleashed
✅ AWS AI Factories with Blackwell GPUs - your data, your control, infinite scale
✅ Nemotron on Bedrock - serverless agentic AI, no infrastructure headaches
✅ GPU-accelerated vector search - Amazon OpenSearch + NVIDIA cuVS = 10x faster indexing at 25% of the cost
✅ Physical AI at scale - NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models now on AWS for robotics and simulation

I will be hosting Dave Salvator, Director of Accelerated Computing at NVIDIA, to unpack what this means on CXO Spice.
We're talking:
✅ Why sovereign AI infrastructure just became enterprise-ready
✅ What 20K+ Blackwell GPUs unlock
✅ How to protect your models while scaling fast

The AI infrastructure conversation just got rewritten.

Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gTUeW_hy
What's holding back your AI deployment—compute, sovereignty, or both? 👇

#NVIDIAPartner #AWS #AI #Blackwell #Enterprise

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What if you could scale your security program without expanding your team?

Most companies face a painful reality: as they grow, compliance becomes a resource black hole. 

75% of executives admit their security programs are too complex, stretched thin by thousands of controls and drowning in duplication.

Continuously hiring people doesn't scale.

Here's what's really happening:

Your InfoSec teams are burning out on manual evidence collection, juggling multiple frameworks with overlapping requirements, and struggling to give executives the visibility they need to make informed decisions. Meanwhile, 30% of employees don't even understand their role in maintaining your security posture.

I recently came across Sprinto, a platform that scales compliance through automation.  Here are some highlights of their capabilities:
✅ Pre-built framework overlaps remove duplication automatically
✅ Automated control monitoring, and evidence collection
✅ Real-time dashboards that give executives and security committees visibility
✅ Step-by-step guidance that turns compliance from a burden into a
shared responsibility

When you remove duplication, automate evidence, and give everyone visibility into risks, something remarkable happens: your security program becomes a competitive advantage.

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What happens when a founder’s first job shapes a billion-dollar comeback story?

That question has been on my mind as I’ve watched Mukund Jha’s journey unfold.

Back in 2005, he told a friend he wanted to work at Google.
By 2009, he was there.
And that early training ground left a specific imprint; an instinct to build from first principles, an obsession with stability, and a refusal to take shortcuts even when the entire market is sprinting.

You can see that philosophy running straight through Emergent.
And today, it came full circle: Google’s AI Futures Fund invested in Emergent.

Foundations set the direction; results reveal the discipline.
Here’s what that discipline looks like in practice:
✅ 2.5M+ builders in just 5 months
✅ One of the fastest runs to $25M ARR in the AI platform space
✅ 3M+ production-ready apps shipped
✅ Native backend infrastructure with zero third-party dependencies
✅ Users migrating from competitors citing “unmatched stability”

If you’re curious to explore what he’s built, here’s a link with 20% off:
emergent.sh/?via=gff20 (code: GFF20)

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