Twelve Labs: Stood Up a Scalable FP&A Platform in Six Weeks
Company Overview
Industry: AI (video understanding)
Employees: ~130
Finance Team: 3 people
Tech Stack: Pigment, Ramp, Navan, Campfire
Key Outcomes
Six-week implementation
From spreadsheets to a fully deployed FP&A platform
Improved forecasting and collaboration
Faster cycles and stronger cross-functional alignment
Lean finance scalability
Supported growth without adding headcount
Challenge: Building Finance From Scratch in a High-Growth AI Company
When TwelveLabs hired its first in-house finance leader, everything was still running in spreadsheets.
The company had doubled headcount and needed to scale quickly without building a large finance team.
Key challenges:
Fragmented forecasting processes
Disconnected systems
No centralized planning platform
Brian’s goal was clear: build a scalable foundation that could keep pace with growth while staying lean.
Solution: Fast, Co-Build Implementation with Accelerators
Having used Pigment before, Brian selected it for its flexibility and performance.
Bright Point focused on speed and practicality:
Leveraged pre-built accelerators to skip design cycles
Connected data across accounting, HR, and expenses
Split responsibilities across a co-build model
“It’s hard to learn these systems if someone else builds them for you… the best way to learn is to build alongside your partner.”
The result was a structured rollout completed in just six weeks.
Results: Scalable Finance Without Added Headcount
TwelveLabs now operates with a fully integrated FP&A platform:
Faster, more accurate forecasting
Manual processes replaced with structured modelsImproved collaboration
Finance, engineering, and leadership aligned on shared metricsInternal ownership
Team manages Pigment independently post-implementation
“It’s actually improved team cohesion.”
The foundation also positions the team to leverage Pigment’s AI capabilities for further efficiency gains.