Figma CFO says AI is shifting finance from reporting the past to shaping decisions

Figma CFO Praveer Melwani says AI is moving finance teams from reconciling past results to helping decide what a business should do next, with the best teams becoming builders.

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2026-11-05 11:00 · a16z Podcast
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