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Getting Started

What is Light?

Light is an AI-native financial platform built for multinational companies and hypergrowth SaaS businesses.

Creating your account

This article guides you through activating your Light account and completing your initial profile setup.

Navigating the Light dashboard

The Light dashboard is your central hub for financial operations. This article explains the main sections and how to navigate the platform.

Setting up your organization

This article walks you through creating your company and configuring the initial organizational structure.

Adding team members and roles

This article explains how to invite team members to Light, assign roles, and manage users across your organisation.

Connecting your first bank account

> **What is this page about:** How to connect your first bank account to Light so you can sync transactions automatically, reconcile faster, and monitor cash in real time.

Quick-start checklist

Use this checklist to quickly get Light set up and operational. Most organizations complete these steps in a few hours.

Go-live readiness

This article outlines the minimum viable setup for going live with Light and helps you prepare for a successful transition from your legacy financial

Sandbox environments

> **What is this page about:** How sandbox environments work in Light — creating a sandbox, what gets provisioned, the statuses a sandbox can be in, how to update or reset one, and how sandbox data and infrastructure stay fully isolated from production.