What is this page about: What Light does, how to log in for the first time, and where to go next after signing in.
On this page
- What you can do in Light
- Logging into Light
- What happens next
- Related articles
What you can do in Light
Light is your company's AI-powered platform for expenses, cards, and approvals. It handles the data entry so you can focus on the purchase, not the paperwork.
- Submit expenses and get reimbursed
Photograph your receipt in Light. The AI reads it and fills in the amount, date, merchant, and currency, and suggests a category. Add a description, confirm the category, and submit. Once approved, your reimbursement is on its way.
- Manage your card
If your company issues you a Light card, manage it right from Light. Check your balance, view your transaction history, and freeze or unfreeze it with the Freeze card button. You get a push notification the moment you spend.
- Approve spending (if you manage a team)
If people report to you, their expenses and purchase requests land in your Tasks inbox for review and approval, all in one place.
- Request a company purchase
Submit a purchase request in Light for anything you need to buy for work, and track its status, In review, Approved, or Rejected, before you spend.
Logging into Light
Go to app.light.inc and sign in with your company email. Your admin creates your account before your first login, so it is ready to use the moment you sign in. The sign-in page opens on its own, and you choose how to sign in: with your email address and password, with Continue with Google, or through your company's single sign-on (SSO).
If this is your first time signing in
Your account already exists, but you have not set a password yet. Set one the first time like this:
- Go to app.light.inc. The Light sign-in page opens.
- Enter your company email address and click Continue.
- On the password page, click Sign up (it is also on the first page). Enter the same company email address and choose a password.
- Open the email Light sends you and click the link to confirm your email address. You need to do this once before you can log in.
- Go back to app.light.inc, enter your email, click Continue, enter your password, and click Continue. You land in Light.
Tip: If your company email is a Google account, you can skip the steps above and click Continue with Google instead.
If your company uses single sign-on (SSO)
Your company's SSO has its own sign-in link, which your admin provides, so use that rather than the email and password fields. If you try a password and see "Password sign-in is disabled for your organisation", sign in with Google or your company's SSO link instead, or ask your admin for the link.
Some companies also send a welcome email with links to the Light web app and the iOS and Android mobile apps, so check your inbox once your account is created. The link in that email takes you to the sign-in page, so if you have not set a password yet, follow the first-time steps above.
What happens next
See Navigating Light as an Employee to find your way around, or go straight to Submitting an Expense for Reimbursement.
Related articles
- Navigating Light as an Employee
- Setting Up Your Profile
- Using Light with Slack and Microsoft Teams
- Submitting an Expense for Reimbursement
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