Using AI To Spend Smarter: A Podcast with Coupa’s Rob Bernshteyn

In today’s Early Adopter Podcast, Dan Woods speaks with Rob Bernshteyn of Coupa about all things AI and machine learning. Coupa is a company focused on helping companies learn how to better manage their spending and the Coupa platform utilizes AI and ML to make that happen. You can read a Q&A of the conversation here. During the interview, Woods and Bernshteyn discuss the following:

  • 3:15 – Coupa’s mission to help companies spend smarter
  • 10:40 – Why Coupa decided to build their platform the way they did
  • 15:30 – The value to Coupa’s platform of having real-time capabilities
  • 19:20 – How Coupa applies AI and ML to their platform and why it’s important
  • 23:20 – How AI can automate operations and save companies money
  • 26:30 – Where Coupa has prioritized applying AI
  • 31:00 – Using the intelligence of the entire Coupa community to help customers
  • 38:00 – What Bernshteyn would have done differently in his journey to AI

Author: Dan Woods

My mission: Find technology for Early Adopters. Follow me on Twitter @danwoodsearly and on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/danwoodsearly/. I am a CTO, writer, and consultant. For tech vendors, I help explain their technology. For users, I help find, select, and deploy new solutions that have explosive business value. I love to speak and share ideas.