# How Lightmatter uses Concourse

**12+ hours** saved per month on manual reporting and analysis

As published on [concourse.ai](https://www.concourse.ai/case-studies/lightmatter). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [Lightmatter](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/lightmatter.md)
- Tool: [Concourse](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/concourse.md)
- Teams: FP&A, Finance
- Customer since (as the page says): January 2025

## What the story says

Lightmatter's FP&A team uses Concourse AI agents connected to NetSuite to analyze forecast versus actuals, vendor spending, and monthly department variance and flux reporting. The agents draw on transaction-level data to produce commentary and answer questions conversationally.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Concourse and Lightmatter, not ours.

> Over 12 hours per month were reclaimed from manual reporting and analysis, allowing the finance team to focus on strategic initiatives, scenario planning, and supporting Lightmatter's growth.

- **90%**: “Within the first few months, Lightmatter was generating insights five times faster while reducing manual work by 90%.”

> Six months in, my team isn't doing manual finance work. They're doing strategy. The work that used to take a week takes an hour.
>
> Justin Hammergren, Head of FP&A

> Concourse transformed how we analyze our financial data in a deep tech environment. We now generate insights 2x faster while spending 90% less time on manual processes.
>
> Justin Hammergren, Head of FP&A, Lightmatter

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 12+ hours is on the page; its label is our wording.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Lightmatter.
- Checked: Lightmatter uses Concourse. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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