Sonali Pattnaik

Sonali Pattnaik is the Co-founder and CTO of Lighthouz AI (YC S24). She is an IIT Kharagpur alumna who previously led AI teams at companies like Progressive and Halliburton. At Lighthouz, she is building AI agents to automate complex financial operations for the logistics industry.

Lighthouz AI is a procurement and logistics technology company backed by Y Combinator (S24). The platform deploys AI agents to automate accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes for freight brokers and logistics companies. By replacing manual audits with intelligent document processing, Lighthouz AI helps businesses reduce operational costs, prevent fraud, and improve cash flow efficiency.