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Rossum Taught the Machines to Read the Paperwork Nobody Could Kill
The Czech-born document-AI company made peace with the invoice, trained a specialist model to understand it, and sold the result to enterprises drowning in exceptions. Coupa’s 2026 acquisition turns that stubborn paperwork layer into part of a much larger spend-management machine.
Kevin Iaquinto Makes Complicated Software Sound Human
After three decades of name changes, acquisitions and software jargon, Coupa's chief marketing officer still works from one durable conviction: even enterprise buyers are people first.
Chandar Pattabhiram’s Real Product Is the Story That Makes Software Matter
He studied machines, discovered theater, and found his calling translating complex software into human stakes. After three decades in enterprise technology, his favorite operating system is still a good story.
Tara Ryan Has Spent 30 Years Making Complicated Software Sound Human
From a Fresno farm to four IPO journeys, Ryan built a career by turning dense enterprise technology into stories people could use - and by refusing to let fear do all the selling.
Sarang Jagdale
Sarang Jagdale is a PhD engineer turned supply chain AI co-founder who spent over two decades cracking some of the world's hardest logistics problems - from IBM's global consulting floors to the startup that eventually became Lyric. As Head of Decision Science at Lyric, he architects the algorithmic core of a platform now trusted by Coca-Cola, Google, and Mondelez to make their supply chains think for themselves. Lyric raised $43.5M in Series B funding in August 2025, bringing total funding to $67M.