OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Excel powered by GPT-5.4, enabling users to build, update, and analyze spreadsheet models using plain language.

Glide turns an Excel spreadsheet into an inventory app; computed columns replace formulas, giving live stock-on-hand totals across tables.

Excel table formulas shift from cell positions to named columns with #All-style tags, keeping calculations readable when layouts change.

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...