What Building an AI-Native Finance Function Taught Me
OpenAI, Monday, August 10th, 2026
OpenAI's CFO shares five lessons from building an AI-native finance function.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar shared five lessons from building an AI-native finance function inside the company. The piece covers automated forecasting, stronger financial controls and how to measure AI return on investment.
It draws on OpenAI's own experience applying its models to internal finance operations. The lessons are framed for other finance leaders considering similar transformations.