Companies/Figured Limited

Figured Limited

startupscaling4/10drafted
Hiring Velocity
Accelerating
1open roles
+1 new 1

HQ

Auckland, New Zealand

NZ Employees

70-80

Industry

farm financial management software

NZ Presence

Headquarters in Auckland CBD with hybrid work arrangements; primary operations and most employees based in NZ

AI Focus Areas

AI-enabled farm financial insightsProbabilistic decision-making for agriculture

AI Maturity Evidence

Dedicated Head of Data and AI (Amy Milbourn); Hiring Technical Product Manager - AI to lead transition from traditional SaaS to AI-enabled product; Job description emphasizes building AI systems for financial decisions in agriculture.

Transformation Opportunities

AreaOpportunityImpactComplexity
Product DevelopmentAI-assisted code generation, automated testing, and model deployment pipelines to accelerate AI feature rollouthighmoderate
Customer SuccessAI-powered chat agents and predictive support to handle farmer/advisor queries on budgets and forecastshighsimple
Sales & MarketingAI-driven lead scoring, personalized outreach to accounting firms, and churn predictionmediummoderate
Data OperationsAutomated ETL pipelines and synthetic data generation for training farm financial AI modelshighcomplex

Decision Makers

Amy Milbourn

Head of Data and AI

Directly leads AI initiatives and data strategy critical for product transition

Nadine Finlay

Head of Product

Oversees product roadmap including AI use cases for farm financial tools

Josh Hu

Vice President of Engineering

Builds engineering infrastructure supporting AI/ML deployment

Dave Dodds

Chief Executive Officer

Strategic oversight of AI transformation pivot

Tech Stack Signals

Xero integrationQuickBooks Online integrationCloud platforms (Atlassian/Shazam experience in leadership)SaaS architecture

Competitive Landscape

Competitors like Farm Focus, Total Farm Management, and AgExpert have limited AI adoption; Figured is differentiating with AI but faces pressure from broader agtech AI innovations (e.g., precision ag tools); need to scale AI ops to maintain lead.

AIA Fit Assessment

  • --NZ-based with high budget signals and agriculture focus ripe for AI ops
  • --Scaling AI internally but opportunities in automating their own dev/support processes
  • --Limited internal capability signals via hiring, but dedicated AI head suggests growing self-sufficiency

Hiring Signals

Total Roles

1

Remote

No

Levels

senior

Skills Sought

AI/ML Product ManagementLLMs and probabilistic AIData Science collaborationFintech/SaaS experience

Company Timeline

2013-01-01

Founded by farmers/accountants Carl McDonald and David Marshall

2016-01-01

NZ Hi-Tech Startup of the Year; Rapid growth in NZ/AU/US

2026-02-17

First tracked: AI Technical Product Manager job posted

Engagement Angle

With your exciting pivot to AI-enabled farm finance, how can we streamline your internal data pipelines and dev workflows to get probabilistic insights to farmers faster?

Recommended AIA Service

Process Automation Sprint

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