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AI Can Give You the Right Answer to the Wrong Question with Matija Nakić

AI Can Give You the Right Answer to the Wrong Question with Matija Nakić30 sept.19 min

In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Glenn Hopper and Paul Barnhurst sit down with Matija Nakic, CEO and Co-founder of Farseer, to discuss how AI is changing financial planning, enterprise software, and decision-making. Matija shares why asking the right questions matters, how AI can accelerate planning workflows, and why strong data foundations remain essential.

Matija Nakic is the CEO and Co-founder of Farseer, an AI-native SaaS platform for business modeling, planning, and analysis. With a background in computer engineering, an MBA, and experience across B2B enterprise software, she progressed from developer to product director before co-founding Farseer.

In this episode, you will discover:

Why asking the right questions matters with AI.How finance can move toward a decision culture.Why clean data and context still matter.How AI can speed up modeling and planning.When Excel still makes sense for finance teams.

Matija also pushes back on the idea that Excel is obsolete. She argues that spreadsheets remain excellent for rapid modeling and individual analysis, but become harder to manage when collaboration, large datasets, version control, and auditability enter the picture

Follow Matija:

LinkedIn: https://hr.linkedin.com/in/matija-nakic

Company: https://www.farseer.com/

Follow Glenn:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbhopperiii

Follow Paul:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefpandaguy