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Podcast: The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu
Episode: #556 The CFO’s New Mandate: Ahikam Kaufman on AI, Financial Governance, and Real-Time Truth
Description: In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, I’m joined by Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of Safebooks.ai, a seasoned finance executive turned entrepreneur with deep experience across startups, public companies, and large-scale acquisitions.We explore why finance has lagged behind other functions in digital transformation, how AI is fundamentally reshaping financial governance, and why the modern CFO is becoming a transformation leader, not just a financial steward.This conversation goes beyond buzzwords and dives into real-world problems: broken audit trails, fragmented systems, compliance risk, and ho...