In the Press
An 'AI Coworker' for CFOs Startup Just Raised an $8.7 Million Seed Round Led by General Catalyst
Sapien, a platform to create autonomous coworkers for finance professionals, officially launched with an $8.7 million seed fund from lead investor General Catalyst.
Anthropic Valuation Hits $183 Billion in New $13 Billion Funding Round
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, reaches a $183 billion valuation — underscoring the explosive growth of the AI infrastructure powering platforms like Sapien.
From College Dropouts to AI Pioneers: The Sapien Story
Co-founders Ron Nachum, Pranav Ravella, and Arya Grayeli share their journey building an AI company — from dorm-room idea to six-figure contracts — on the 1 to 100 podcast.
From the Blog
Why Finance Teams Can't Ask the Questions That Matter
Finance teams sit on top of all the data they need to answer complex business issues, but they can't actually use it. Here's why the bottleneck persists — and what we've seen work differently.
Read moreHow &pizza Delivers Self-Service Performance Analytics Across 46 Locations With Sapien
With a lean analytics team serving 46 locations, &pizza needed AI-powered insights without adding headcount. Here's how Sapien replaced manual SQL workflows and saved 30+ hours a week.
Read moreWhy CFOs Don't Trust AI (And Why They Should): Verifiability
Finance teams stake their credibility on numbers they defend to boards and investors. The question isn't whether AI is perfectly accurate — it's whether AI can show its work. Here's why verifiability matters more than determinism.
Read moreWhy CFOs Don't Trust AI (And Why They Should): Communication
When finance teams don't understand how to communicate with AI or how it processes their queries, oversight can feel impossible. Here's how Sapien addresses the language gap between humans and AI systems.
Read moreWhy CFOs Don't Trust AI (And Why They Should): Expectations
After nearly two years deploying AI for financial operations, we've identified three barriers to adoption. The first, and most fundamental, is expectations — and it's the easiest to fix once you understand why it exists.
Read moreHow Carlex Unlocked Hidden Profit Potential with Sapien
Carlex's lean finance team was manually managing vast datasets across five plants with no scalable way to drill into SKU-, customer-, and plant-level insights. Here's how Sapien transformed their finance function — and caught a $12M spreadsheet error in the process.
Read moreSapien Raises $8.7M Seed Led by General Catalyst
We're building autonomous coworkers for financial analysis at enterprises — turning error-prone, days-long processes into precise, insight-rich analysis in minutes. Today we're announcing our $8.7M seed fundraise led by General Catalyst.
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