AI in finance, launching a startup, engineering talent: Croatian execs discuss

Croatian founders and finance executives recently discussed a range of issues impacting Croatian startups at a conference attended by the country's startup and tech community. The issues discussed include the advantages of launching a startup in a small country like Croatia, Croatia's engineering talent, the impact of AI on finance teams, and much more. AI makes it “incredibly easy” for finance teams to be “lazy” and the younger generation of finance executives will need “willpower” if they want to become senior, according to the co-founder of Croatian AI–powered enterprise planning and analysis platform Farseer.   Luka Mijatović, co-founder and CFO, Farseer, made the comments at the Finance Weekend conference in Rovinj, Croatia.   The panel discussion was entitled “Will AI shrink the finance team or just change it?”   Mijatović urged the current and next generation of finance professionals to show “willpower” by learning the ins and outs of finance, instead of relying on AI, which