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July 2025
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About Sonali Pattnaik
Sonali is the CTO and Co-founder of Lighthouz.
Previously, she has led AI teams at enterprises such as Progressive, American Family, and Halliburton, where she spearheaded innovative AI solutions. With experience in building and deploying AI technologies, she holds multiple US patents and papers. Working across multiple industries, Sonali has gained expertise in tackling business problems from inception to full implementation using AI solutions.
Previously, she has led AI teams at enterprises such as Progressive, American Family, and Halliburton, where she spearheaded innovative AI solutions. With experience in building and deploying AI technologies, she holds multiple US patents and papers. Working across multiple industries, Sonali has gained expertise in tackling business problems from inception to full implementation using AI solutions.
Companies & Work

Lighthouz AI
Lighthouz is a backoffice AI solution for freight brokers, to automate AP, AR, and Collections.
Leading freight brokers are using Lighthouz AI to automate FTL (full truckload) and LTL (less than truckload) freight bill auditing, automatically filing disputes, and invoicing customers.
With Lighthouz, 70%-85% emails do not need to be touched by humans.
Hence, brokers using Lighthouz are invoicing customers 36% faster, getting paid 5 days sooner, and reducing back office costs by 40%.
Lighthouz brings 25+ years of supply chain, logistics, and AI experience to brokers, with a AI Professor from Georgia Tech who taught 1000+ students, and team with PhD and MS in AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science.
Leading freight brokers are using Lighthouz AI to automate FTL (full truckload) and LTL (less than truckload) freight bill auditing, automatically filing disputes, and invoicing customers.
With Lighthouz, 70%-85% emails do not need to be touched by humans.
Hence, brokers using Lighthouz are invoicing customers 36% faster, getting paid 5 days sooner, and reducing back office costs by 40%.
Lighthouz brings 25+ years of supply chain, logistics, and AI experience to brokers, with a AI Professor from Georgia Tech who taught 1000+ students, and team with PhD and MS in AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science.




