Getting started with Claude in Excel
Anthropic's own demo of Claude navigating nested formulas and multi-tab dependencies.
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What can AI-in-spreadsheets (Claude in Excel, Gemini in Sheets) actually do?
They sit inside your actual spreadsheet: Claude for Excel reads multi-tab workbooks, explains and fixes formulas with cell-level citations, fills templates, and builds new models; Gemini's =AI() function classifies, summarizes, and generates text right in Sheets cells. They are strongest at cleanup, formula work, and first-draft analysis. Review every change, because they preserve your file structure but not your judgment.
Go deeper
20 resources.
How to Use Claude for Excel (Step-by-Step Tutorial)
One of the clearest tech educators walks through cleaning, formula fixes, and analysis.
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NEW Claude in Excel: How Good Is It?
A finance-focused Excel YouTuber stress-tests it on realistic workbooks.
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I Tested Claude in Excel and It Has Blown my Mind
An Excel trainer's honest first-contact test across common spreadsheet tasks.
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How to Use Claude for Excel: Complete Beginner Guide
The gentlest on-ramp if you have never used an AI add-in before.
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How to Use the NEW Google Sheets AI Function
A tight demo of the =AI() function on real spreadsheet tasks.
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Use the AI Function in Google Sheets
Covers the plan requirements and gotchas that block most people from finding the feature.
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Work Smarter with Google Sheets AI (Gemini Tutorial)
A small-business angle on Gemini in Sheets, closest to a founder's actual use.
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How to Use Copilot in Excel: Full Tutorial (2025)
The Microsoft-native alternative demonstrated end to end, for teams already on M365.
Watch on YouTube youtube.com →Advancing Claude for Financial Services (Claude for Excel announcement)
The primary source on what Claude for Excel is built to do and for whom.
Open anthropic.com →Use Claude for Excel (official help)
Setup, plan requirements, and current limits straight from the maker.
Open support.claude.com →Ethan Mollick: Claude's Excel ability is the best I have seen (406 formulas from one prompt)
Independent evidence of a full working spreadsheet built from a single prompt.
Open x.com →Ethan Mollick: Claude in Excel vs Microsoft's own Excel agent
Why the same model gives different quality depending on how the spreadsheet agent works.
Open x.com →Anthropic's Claude just invaded Excel
A skeptical outside view on where the add-in fits against Copilot.
Open techradar.com →Claude for Excel: What It Does Well and Where It Still Falls Short
A veteran analyst's balanced scorecard, useful before you trust it with your model.
Open dataanalysis.substack.com →Gemini in Google Sheets (official hub)
Google's own map of what Gemini can do inside Sheets, from charts to insights.
Open workspace.google.com →Use the AI function in Google Sheets
The reference for =AI("prompt", range), the single most useful Sheets AI primitive.
Open support.google.com →Generate data with Gemini in Google Sheets
The primary-source changelog on Gemini generating and filling data in Sheets.
Open workspaceupdates.googleblog.com →A Beginner's Guide to Mastering Gemini + Google Sheets
Worked examples of categorizing and summarizing data in cells without add-ons.
Open kdnuggets.com →How to Use Gemini in Google Sheets
An India-based data community's practical walkthrough with prompt examples.
Open analyticsvidhya.com →More in Data Analysis
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- Which AI tool should I use for data analysis: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or a dedicated tool? 18 →
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- How do I know the numbers AI gives me are actually right? 18 →
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- Which metrics should my startup track, and how can AI help me stay on top of them? 18 →
- Can AI clean up my messy data: duplicates, formats, and half-filled columns? 18 →
- Do I still need to hire a data analyst, or can AI cover it for now? 16 →
- How do founders use AI for financial modeling and forecasting? 18 →
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