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Old Excel functions you should stop using (and what to replace them with)

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only ...

8 New Excel AI Features : So Powerful You’ll Never Look at Spreadsheets the Same Way

Explore Excel’s new AI-powered tools and productivity features in the Fall 2025 update. Smarter, faster, and more intuitive ...
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I stopped consolidating sheets by hand because Excel’s INDIRECT function does all the work for me

With the INDIRECT function, you can reference and consolidate key data points across sheets. It's a straightforward process ...
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Chiefs Found the Formula for Travis Kelce to Excel, And It Will Only Get Stronger

The conundrum of the Chiefs’ 2025 season is both as old as football and entirely unlike any situation the NFL has seen before. Consider several factors, all true at the same time, each tethered to all ...
TechCrunch

Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance

Despite millions spent on financial software, many finance teams still rely on Excel to close their books and reconcile numbers while preparing them for audit. Two former Microsoft executives view it ...
The Verge

Gemini now explains why your Sheets formula failed

Gemini in Sheets can also provide step-by-step instructions on how to calculate, for example, the distance that your wedding guests have to travel. Gemini in Sheets can also provide step-by-step ...
TechSpot

Excel gets Copilot formula function, but Microsoft warns about accuracy

TL;DR: Microsoft is launching Copilot AI for Excel, a new feature that uses advanced language models to help users analyze data, summarize information, and generate ideas directly in their ...
The Verge

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...
GeekWire

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft Excel’s new COPILOT function lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data directly in spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is building generative ...
Windows Central

Excel’s new Copilot function transforms data handling with AI’s natural language processing

Copilot is on the way to Microsoft Excel. Or rather, more Copilot is being packed into the popular spreadsheet program. A new COPILOT function is rolling out now to users in the Beta Channel and ...
Benzinga.com

OpenAI Just Put $14M Into An AI Agent For Microsoft Excel That Can Work For Hours—The Tool Could Replace Entire Teams

OpenAI Startup Fund has led a $14 million funding round for Endex, a startup that CEO and Thiel Fellow Tarun Amasa said on X has created the first AI agent for Microsoft Excel. The agent is designed ...
Entrepreneur

ChatGPT’s New Update Can Create PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets for You

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent can create a PowerPoint presentation from a prompt as simple as “analyze three competitors and make a slide deck.” The agent can also act as a virtual assistant, connecting ...