Stripe CFO Steffan Tomlinson: How AI Is Reshaping Finance

Snowflake Inc.

Nov 12, 2026

Stripe CFO Steffan Tomlinson and Snowflake CFO Brian Robins discuss how AI moves from experiment to a core lever for capital allocation, forecasting and efficiency: what CFOs should automate first, and how AI reshapes planning, the close and capital decisions.

CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction: The Shift to Continuous Real-Time Finance

01:44 – Probabilistic AI vs. Deterministic Finance

04:11 – Workflow Reinvention and Faster Close Cycles

06:13 – Real-Time Forecasting & Insights Studios

09:15 – Ensuring 100% Accuracy and "Data as a Product"

12:16 – Beyond Headcount: Business Velocity as ROI

13:44 – The Modern Finance Profile: Replacing SQL with AI Fluency

17:47 – Culture, "Iterating to Greatness," and Sales Comp Automation

21:37 – Custom AI Workflows: Stripe’s Stratus and Snowflake’s Raven

24:04 – Organic Adoption and High-Performance Correlation

25:45 – Hot Take & Closing: Questioning the Spreadsheet