Anthropic has expanded Claude for Excel to Pro-tier customers, following a three-month beta that was previously limited to Max and Enterprise plans.
What’s new:
- Claude runs directly inside Excel via a sidebar
- You can now work across multiple spreadsheets at once
- Longer sessions thanks to improved behind-the-scenes memory handling
- New safeguards prevent accidental overwrites of existing cell data
Why this matters:
2026 is quickly becoming the year of getting Claudepilled. We’ve seen it with code, coworking tools, and now spreadsheets. Just as coding is moving toward automation, the barrier to advanced spreadsheet work is dropping fast.
Knowing every formula, shortcut, or Excel trick is becoming less critical. The real value is shifting toward:
- Understanding the problem
- Asking the right questions
- Trusting AI to handle the mechanics
Excel isn’t going away — but how we use it is fundamentally changing.
Curious how others are already using AI inside spreadsheets 👀
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