Here's what our product team shipped over the last two weeks. Watch the update below, or find it in notifications in the bottom left of the Light desktop app.
What we shipped
Ask the assistant for the app you need
Light has hundreds of apps and agents, and the fastest way to the right one is to ask. Open the assistant and describe what you need in plain words, in the web app, in Slack or on mobile. It finds the app or agent that fits, tells you what it's going to do, and carries out the task once you've said yes.
Ask it to log a business trip from Munich to Frankfurt, for example, and it lays out the trip details for you to check before it records anything. Your admins decide which apps the assistant can use.
A smoother month-end close
Month-end close is hard to keep on track when you can't see what's done. The latest Close Management reminds your team about open tasks and shows who has signed off each one, so you always know where the close stands.
Local reporting from your ledger (beta)
Every country has its own reports, and preparing them by hand eats into the days after close. In beta, Light builds eight German statutory reports and audit files for Romania, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Portugal from your ledger, ready for you to review and file. To join the beta, talk to your Customer Success rep.
Payment runs that go out on time, to the right account
Holidays and changed bank details are two of the most common reasons a payment run slips or goes to the wrong place. Admins can reassign or restart an approval when someone's away, and Light flags any vendor bank account that differs from the one on file before you pay.
Plus, all this
- Contract invoice drafts appear seven days before they go out.
- Track cards from any provider, open to every company.
- See who changed what across ledger accounts, tax codes and API keys.
- Switch between companies from the company menu.
- GoCardless fees land on their own line.
That's Flash #15. For questions, contact your Customer Success rep or ask the assistant.
Back from Starsite X
Everything in this update comes from the team in the photo below, and we've just come back from Starsite X, our company-wide offsite. Twice a year, the whole of Light gets together in one place, and this time more than 100 of us met in the south of France. You can read how it went in our Starsite X recap.
If you like what we're building, come and build it with us. We're hiring across the company, and you'll find every open role on our careers page.
