E555 'How AI is Reshaping Vendor Management' with Stackpack's Sara Wyman

Today's guest is Sara Wyman, Founder & CEO at Stackpack. Founded in 2023, Stackpack is an AI-powered platform built for Finance, Operations and IT teams that streamlines spend, vendor and contract management. It delivers fast visibility into where money is going, automates contract renewals and approvals, centralizes vendor data and helps reduce waste - all without a heavy implementation burden. Their mission is to connect the world’s companies with the right partners, at the right time, on the right terms.

Inspired by her experience at high-growth companies where vendor and contract chaos slowed teams down, Sara founded Stackpack to create a true system of record for third-party relationships. Under her leadership, Stackpack has raised significant funding, including a $6.3M seed round, to accelerate its growth. Before launching Stackpack, Sara served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Enterprise Sales at Affirm, and held senior sales leadership roles at Etsy.

In this episode, Sara talks about:

0:00 Her journey from finance to tech, building marketplaces and founding Stackpack

2:13 Stackpack’s AI-native platform turning vendor data into cost-saving insights

4:06 Streamlining vendor discovery, management, contracts and renewals

7:24 Delivering rapid cost savings, visibility and risk reduction

10:14 Their small, remote-first team with big-company experience and culture

12:19 Advancing their AI assistant by unifying UX and expanding vendor discovery

14:59 Hiring in engineering, customer support and go-to-market roles