The Future of AI in Finance: Will AI Replace the CFO? | Pac O’Shea
About This Episode
What happens when AI meets finance, treasury management and the future of the CFO?
In this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish sits down with Pac O'Shea, CEO and Co-Founder of Round Treasury, to explore how AI is transforming finance teams, startup banking and treasury management.
Pac shares how Round Treasury is solving the challenges faced by high-growth and high-risk startups, from banking and liquidity to cash management and financial automation.
Together, they discuss:
💰 Why startups often need multiple banks and the trade-off between trust, usability and liquidity
🤖 How AI is changing the finance function and what CFOs should be automating first
🏦 Why Round built treasury infrastructure before AI features
📊 How AI can automate transactional finance and free CFOs to focus on strategy
👤 Why human-in-the-loop AI is still critical for high-risk financial decisions
⚡ The rise of AI workflows, agents and automated finance operations
🔐 Why trust, compliance, auditability and guardrails matter in AI-powered finance
🧠 Whether an AI CFO could ever replace human judgement and experience
🚀 How CFOs can start experimenting with AI without becoming overwhelmed
🔮 Why the future of finance could move beyond traditional SaaS interfaces
If you're a CFO, founder, fintech operator, finance professional or startup leader interested in AI, automation, treasury management and the future of financial technology, this episode is essential listening.
Find Pac O'Shea online at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pac-o-shea/
Twitter: https://x.com/POS_js
Round Treasury: https://roundtreasury.com
This episode is sponsored by EmergeOne, fractional CFOs for venture backed tech startups from Seed to Series B.
Get in touch at https://mailchi.mp/emergeone/email-signup-form
Sign up for EmergeOne’s weekly newsletter, Off Balance at https://off-balance.beehiiv.com/subscribe
#AI #CFO #Fintech #Finance #TreasuryManagement #AIinFinance #StartupBanking #FinancialAutomation #FintechStartup #ArtificialIntelligence
Watch on YouTube: The Future of AI in Finance: Will AI Replace the CFO? | Pac O'Shea