Aleph

Dashboards and BI tools ARE great—we’ve got some exciting news on this front to share in the coming weeks. BUT spreadsheets will always have a special place in financial hearts and hard drives. 📊 Dashboards are pretty. They can make trends easy to spot and provide instant answers and gratification, especially when working with teams outside of finance. 🔎 Spreadsheets provide unmatched flexibility for deeper analysis and modeling, especially when they are connected to real-time financial and operational data. Many businesses try to build a better spreadsheet alternative, but the reality is that many teams will just end up working with the underlying data in a spreadsheet. So which approach is better? The real question is how can they work better together? Modern businesses need the freedom and flexibility to leverage both—allowing different teams to monitor and work with the data based on the jobs to be done and stakeholder preferences. Stay tuned for more news on how spreadsheets and dashboards can live in perfect harmony. 😎

What’s the meaning behind the name Aleph? How do you pronounce it? These are two questions we get asked almost daily. If you have ever been curious, keep reading👇 "The Aleph" is a short story by the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. In it, Borges describes the Aleph as “A point in space that contains all other points. Anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping, or confusion.” While Borges' Aleph story may have been fictional, it’s symbolic of what we set out to build and what modern finance—specifically FP&A—has become:   ▶ FP&A sits at the intersection of tons of company-wide data to understand the past, monitor the present, and predict the future. ▶ Aleph ingests, transforms, and surfaces this data to provide stakeholders with a look into the health of their business from every angle—without distortion, overlapping, or confusion. And as far as the preferred pronunciation, the vast majority of our team and customers say ah·lef 🙌

We love helping finance teams get in better shape, especially when it’s for Hungryroot, a company that lives and breathes healthy living and convenience. After evaluating 10+ vendors, Hungryroot’s strategic finance team chose Aleph to streamline their spreadsheet-heavy financial reporting processes. Mission accomplished… ▶ “You weren't kidding when you said it's plug-and-play and you immediately play. We were up and running in the same week."  ▶ “Aleph has been like half an analyst for us, where we can just get to the endpoint much quicker and cleaner than before.”  ▶ “I’m glad you came out with a product that was so flexible and allows us to do our job without forcing us to do it in any one way.” Cheers to building a healthier, happier strategic #finance function!

It’s humbling to hear “Aleph has been a game changer for us” coming from the CFO of Turo, the world’s largest peer-to-peer car rental marketplace. Charles Fisher recently joined CJ Gustafson on his Run The Numbers podcast to discuss marketplaces, Turo’s business model, and finance’s role in their growth. While running through Turo’s finance tech stack, Charles shared some very kind, humbling words about their experience with Aleph. “It's extremely flexible to build and adjust your forecast. You can do it in Excel. You can do it in Google Sheets. We have gone from tracking 10 to 15 drivers of our forecast model to now tracking something like 50.” Driving outcomes like this is our mission at Aleph. The praise is simply an added bonus that keeps us motivated and energized. Link to the full episode in the comments. If you’re in #finance and not subscribed to CJ’s Mostly Metrics newsletter and Run The Numbers podcast, you’re missing out. Just do it. 

It’s too common for finance teams to feel trapped in an endless cycle of manual data collection, reconciliation, and financial reporting. If you have ever felt this pain, you are not alone. You are the majority of businesses we talk to—and why we built Aleph. While these lower-value tasks are essential, they consume a lot of time and detract from the strategic activities that finance professionals want to influence and impact. Modern finance’s real superpowers lie in their ability to analyze data, provide strategic guidance, and support decision-making. When teams are bogged down by repetitive tasks, they miss opportunities to: - Conduct in-depth financial analysis - Identify trends and opportunities for growth - Develop and refine business strategies - Collaborate across departments to drive change At Aleph, we help teams break free from this cycle. Data collecting, cleaning, reconciling, and reporting can be automated. Teams can eliminate 50-90% of manual, repetitive tasks to focus on higher-value, higher-reward work. It’s a win-win for everyone. You can’t change the past, but you can change the future. It’s never too late.

One of our newest customers is out of this world—literally. Varda Space Industries is industrializing low-earth orbit. Did you know there are many products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space? Varda is accelerating innovation in the space industry to create products that will benefit life on Earth, such as new life-saving pharmaceuticals. 🚀 When their team wanted some additional help revamping their financial models, we jumped on the opportunity to offer on-site assistance…and tour their facility. Manufacturing products in space is on the short list of topics that our team might geek out over more than financial planning and analysis. 🤓 📷 Aleph’s modeling aficionado Craig Thompson in front of Varda’s El Segundo, CA office. Thank you for having us! 🙏

We are thrilled to welcome some of the newest members to the team! 🥳 ▶ Jack Lu (Data) ▶ Jumar Martin (Engineering) ▶ neil ludban (Engineering) ▶ Samuel Ferreira Guimaraes Santos (Engineering) ▶ Moses Francis (GTM) P.S. We’re still #hiring! Link in comments 👇

Know someone crazy enough to want to work with me every day? I'm hiring for a Chief of Staff! Aleph is growing fast, and with that comes an increasing demand for my time. The CEOs I admire most know how to delegate while staying deeply involved in the details. That's why I'm looking for someone to act as an extension of myself — someone who can help drive our strategic initiatives and support our leadership team. The bar is extremely high, but I hope the rewards are worth it: you'll gain full visibility into what it takes to lead a company through hyper-growth, learning from both our wins and my mistakes. If you're aiming to be a founder or lead a function at an early-stage startup, I'm committed to making this a valuable learning experience for you.

Join us in shaping the future of FP&A. We’ve got a number of core roles open across the organization: - Chief of Staff - AI Product Engineer - Engineering Manager - Senior Fullstack Engineer - Account Executive Click on the link in the comments to learn more and apply—we’d love to chat with you! #hiring #remotework

🚨 Swag giveaway: “Chill, I have a spreadsheet for that.” Does that sound like you or someone you know? Comment below if that’s you or tag a coworker who would say this. We’ll pick a few commenters at random to send our latest swag from SIC Cups!