It’s amazing that Microsoft - given their focus on AI and decades of experience in spreadsheets - doesn’t offer this type of functionality. Corporate bureaucracy vs startup agility!
And yes! We're definitely of the opinion that as a startup we can outcompete the two trillion-dollar death stars when it comes to product experience. AI is a platform shift!
Some links that might be of interest:
- Table semantics: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/table-inter...
- Entity semantics (video): https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AMIdbT4yVFaw2Kk&cid=A6...
- Natural Language in Spreadsheets: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/gridbook/
Technically you can combine these, but it’s a cumbersome experience and difficult for most people. Vertically integrating their equivalents simplifies things a lot.
(Small note: we don’t currently offer Python to users but likely will at some point)