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Finance Technology· Explainer · 5 min read
Excel + AI: what changes — and what doesn't
Spreadsheets aren't going away. How you build and govern them should change.
Finance Workroom editorial · Draft, under editorial review — sources and review date pending
Excel remains the working surface for most finance teams. AI assistants make it faster to write formulas, restructure models and explain logic — but they don't fix structural problems.
What changes
- Faster formula writing and debugging
- Easier documentation of inherited models
- Quicker first drafts of analysis
What doesn't
- The need for a single source of truth
- Version control and review
- Accountability for the numbers
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