Light and Atlar Partner to Create the First End-to-End AI-Native Finance Stack

Light, the AI-native accounting platform, is integrating Atlar's bank connectivity. For Light customers, this means AI that can operate across the full accounting workflow, from the general ledger to the bank.

Lovable, one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies and a customer of both platforms, will be one of the first to roll out the integration.

Unlocking AI across the full accounting workflow

Modern accounting platforms can automate bookkeeping, categorize transactions, and generate reports. But most connect to banks through either open banking APIs designed for consumers or legacy bank file transfers, neither of which fully meets the needs of fast-growing global companies.

The result: AI gets stuck at the general ledger. Anything involving the bank (reconciliation, payments, cash visibility) still requires manual work. Finance teams end up bridging the gap themselves.

This partnership removes that friction.

Atlar brings the bank into Light

Light customers will now have the option to connect their banks through Atlar, which provides a fully managed connectivity layer built on direct integrations with banks. This is the same infrastructure trusted by finance teams at leading tech companies like GetYourGuide, Mangopay, Tide, Trustly, Zilch, and Lovable.

With Atlar integrated directly into Light, customers get real-time balances, transactions, statements, and payment statuses across all their banks and regions — without logging into bank portals or wrestling with bank-specific file formats. 

Atlar's connectivity is fully managed on proprietary infrastructure, not stitched together through third parties. Because the connectivity layer is productized rather than delivered as a bespoke project, bank onboarding is typically two to three times faster than industry averages. Connections stay reliable without ongoing maintenance.

What this unlocks for finance teams

With reliable bank data flowing into Light, AI can operate across the full accounting workflow: general ledger, payments, and bank reconciliation.

For finance teams, that means:

• Faster monthly closes, with zero-day closing as the goal.
• Thousands of hours saved annually on AP and payment workflows.
• Millions in idle cash unlocked through real-time visibility across accounts.
• Near-zero manual errors through automated reconciliation.
  

The same real-time data foundation powers AI in both platforms, giving models the financial context needed to automate routine work, not just report on it.

What the founders say

Jonathan Sanders, Co-founder and CEO of Light: “For AI to automate the full finance workflow, it needs bank data it can depend on. Atlar gives our customers exactly that: reliable, real-time, and built for scale."

Joel Nordström, Co-founder and CEO of Atlar: "Light represents a new generation of AI-first accounting platforms, and they're growing fast for good reason. We’re excited to offer this integration to our customers.”

For fast-scaling companies like Lovable, this partnership represents a new standard: a finance stack where AI works end-to-end, from ledger to bank, without compromise.

About Light

Founded in 2022, Light is the new accounting and finance platform for businesses of all sizes. Light automates everything from payments and expense management to bookkeeping and financial reporting across jurisdictions in a platform that adapts as the business grows. Built by a team from Twitter, Pleo, Google, Spotify, Klarna, AWS, Booking.com, and Shopify, Light is creating the future of finance.

About Atlar

Atlar is the AI-native treasury platform used by today’s leading growth companies to manage cash, payments, forecasting, and liquidity in one place. Teams at GetYourGuide, Mangopay, Storytel, Tide, Trustly, and Zilch use Atlar to connect their banks and ERPs in a single platform, save thousands of hours of manual work, unlock idle cash, and reduce errors at scale. Backed by Index Ventures and General Catalyst, Atlar is also a preferred partner of industry leaders including NetSuite, Citi, and HSBC.