Light
The AI-native alternative to legacy ERP.
- Go-live time
- 2-12 weeks (8-week time-to-value guarantee)
- Best for
- Multi-entity tech companies replacing legacy ERP
Overview
Light is an AI-native financial management platform built specifically for multinational, multi-entity companies. Instead of bolting AI onto a decades-old ERP core, Light was built from scratch around a real-time, multi-entity, multi-currency general ledger, with AI agents automating an estimated 80% of manual finance work: invoice ingestion, categorisation, reconciliation, and receipt chasing.
Best for: Fast-growing, multi-entity technology companies (roughly 30-5,000 employees) with lean finance teams replacing a fragmented stack or a legacy ERP.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Native multi-entity and multi-currency from day one, not an add-on module
- Unified platform, GL, AP, AR, expenses, and corporate cards in one system
- Slack- and Teams-first workflows, including natural-language “Ask @Light” queries
- Dramatically faster time-to-value than legacy ERP
- SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II audited
Cons
- Newer platform than NetSuite, SAP, or Sage, so a smaller install base and track record
- Custom, quote-based pricing with no published tiers
- Best fit is specifically multi-entity, multi-currency companies, less relevant for a single-entity small business
Modules
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Expense Management
- Corporate Cards
- Bank Reconciliation
- Consolidated Reporting
- Revenue Recognition
- Fixed Assets
- Purchase Orders
How it works
Light is a finance-first platform: a multi-entity, multi-currency general ledger with payables, receivables, expenses, and corporate cards on the same data model, and AI agents handling document-level work. It is one row in the ERP and finance category, not an operational ERP.
A ledger designed around multiple entities
Entities, currencies, and their relationships are part of the core data model rather than a consolidation module layered on top. Transactions post in their transaction currency, are held with the entity they belong to, and are translated for group reporting without an export-and-merge step.
Intercompany activity and FX revaluation are handled inside that structure, so group and entity views come from the same underlying records. For a group operating in several countries, this is the difference between a consolidation that is a report and a consolidation that is a spreadsheet exercise.
Documents, AI agents, and the audit trail
Inbound documents — supplier invoices, receipts, statements — are ingested and read, then coded, matched, and routed for approval. Reconciliation and receipt chasing run continuously rather than as a month-end scramble, and Light reports that its agents automate an estimated 80 percent of that manual work.
Automation only matters if it is reviewable, so every automated action remains attached to the source document and the resulting journal. The test to apply in a demo is to pick a reported figure and trace it back to the invoice image and the approval that released it.
Where finance work happens: Slack and Teams
Approvals, queries, and receipt requests run through Slack and Teams rather than requiring non-finance employees to log into the finance system. Natural-language queries let a budget owner ask what they have spent without a report being built for them.
The operational effect is that the people who cause finance work — budget owners, salespeople, engineers submitting expenses — participate without training on an ERP interface, while the finance team keeps control of coding and approval policy.
Scope boundaries, stated plainly
Light does not run MRP, inventory, or a shop floor, and it is not a CRM or an HR system. Companies with production requirements should look at NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, or Business Central; pipeline belongs in a CRM and people data in an HRM, with Light sitting next to them as the finance system.
Fit is specific rather than universal: multi-entity, multi-currency companies, commonly technology businesses with lean finance teams, replacing a fragmented stack or a legacy ERP. Named customers Light references publicly include Tillo, KeyShot, and Alva Labs. Implementation runs 2 to 12 weeks, backed by an 8-week time-to-value guarantee, and the platform is audited to SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II.
Implementation timeline
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2-12 weeks, backed by an 8-week time-to-value guarantee.
FAQ
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Walk through multi-entity consolidation, AP automation, and the 8-week time-to-value guarantee with the Light team.
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