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How Claude in Excel is Changing Financial Modeling for Startups

For operators, founders, and everyone who has every used Excel. These are fun times.

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Narayanan
Jan 26, 2026
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Most startup founders I talk to have the same problem with their financial models.

They’re not bad at building them. They’re just... slow.

You spend three hours updating your runway forecast. Another two debugging a circular reference. Half a day rebuilding last quarter’s actuals because you changed how you track CAC.

And by the time you’re done, the numbe…

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