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From Black-Box Systems to Augmented Decision-Making
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- 0:00 - Building trust in AI finance and introducing Auralytix
- 2:22 - From accounting roots to auditing at Deloitte and Paraxel
- 8:20 - Moving to Germany and pivoting into corporate finance
- 11:50 - The data struggle in strategic finance and the need for change
- 13:20 - How Auralytix was born: bridging AI and financial compliance
- 17:15 - Why ERP systems fail finance teams and how spreadsheets fill the gap
- 24:31 - The real cost of ERP rigidity and lessons from failed transformations
- 29:10 - The hidden risks of spreadsheet dependency and knowledge loss
- 37:30 - Experimenting with ChatGPT and coding the first AI finance prototype
- 43:34 - Identifying finance’s biggest pain points through user research
- 47:24 - Empowering finance teams with AI-driven, real-time decision insights
- 50:59 - Developing an entrepreneurial mindset through strategy and learning
- 54:31 - Essential resources and finding the right AI co-founder