Excel stories
Fragmented banking, payments and accounting data is slowing reporting and weakening AI answers for businesses trying to act in real time.
Small businesses can now pull live bookkeeping data into Excel, Word and PowerPoint without leaving Microsoft 365 or exporting CSV files.
Small businesses and accountants could save time on reconciliation and month-end work as Xero widens AI tools across payroll, payments and reporting.
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Advanced automation remains a minority use case in Europe, where two-thirds of Ajelix users rely on AI mainly for formula generation.
Users of Panopto's video platform can now query archives in plain language and turn recordings into quizzes, boosting learning and analytics.
Notebook users can now query local pandas data with SQL and pass results back to Python, reducing data shuffling in analytics workflows.
Microsoft 365 users may see stronger first drafts and faster analysis as OpenAI's latest model becomes the default Copilot engine.
It could cut time spent switching between apps by letting small businesses pull live accounts data into Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Copilot Chat.
Business teams can now act on live enterprise data without spreadsheets, as the platform ties AI analysis, applications and workflows together.
Attackers are increasingly using genuine Microsoft pages and browser tricks to steal session tokens, passwords and spread malware, Barracuda says.
The move puts human checks at the centre of AI-assisted modelling, as finance teams face greater scrutiny over errors in Excel outputs.
Accountancy firms can now send clients password-protected browser reports with drill-down views, reducing reliance on static PDFs and logins.
As finance teams juggle manual workarounds, the hidden cost of small-business software can outweigh subscriptions once revenue passes USD $10 million.
The award underlines a year of rapid expansion for the East Yorkshire consultancy, which grew headcount from seven to 20 in 12 months.
The new software aims to cut reliance on spreadsheets and curb reconciliation errors as private capital firms juggle carry, ownership and compensation.
Switching from ChatGPT to Copilot exposed data-loss, support and trust risks, as prompts and tools built by staff proved hard to move or manage.
Most firms are not getting the return they expected from finance platforms, with 89.3% using less than three quarters of available functions.
Private capital firms using Claude may cut days of manual reporting as Carta rolls out plugins that work inside its permissioned records and audit trails.
Small firms can now track assets and keys from GBP £20 a month, as AssetControl targets spreadsheet-based operations with browser software.
