"In a statement, Anthropic said that Claude for Excel will allow users to "work directly with Claude in a sidebar in Microsoft Excel, where Claude can read, analyze, modify, and create new Excel workbooks." It promised that "Claude listens carefully, follows instructions precisely, and thinks through complex problems." More practically, it said Excel users will be able to ask the LLM about specific formulas or worksheets, with "cell-level citations so you can verify the logic.""
"Though that won't happen overnight. Anthropic's initial preview will be limited to a waitlist of 1,000 Max, Team, and Enterprise customers. This will be gradually expanded as "we build confidence through this limited preview." Users will be able to "debug and fix errors" and create draft models from scratch or "populate existing templates with fresh data while maintaining all formulas and structure." The preview version won't have "advanced Excel capabilities" such as pivot tables and data validation, or macros and VBA."
Excel remains widely used: Acuity Training research shows two-thirds of office workers use Excel at least once an hour, and over a third of office worker time is spent on Excel. Anthropic opened a waitlist for Claude for Excel, initially limited to 1,000 Max, Team, and Enterprise customers, expanding gradually as confidence builds. Claude for Excel will run in a sidebar to read, analyze, modify, and create workbooks, answer formula and worksheet questions with cell-level citations, debug errors, and populate or build models while preserving formulas and structure. The preview omits advanced features like pivot tables, data validation, macros, and VBA. Anthropic also announced new connectors.
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