This AI Spreadsheet Just Replaced Years of Excel Training | Quadratic

What if you could skip years of mastering Excel formulas and just ask your spreadsheet what you need to know? That's exactly what Quadratic does — it combines AI with spreadsheets so you can connect your data, ask questions in plain English, and get real insights without writing a single formula. In this video, I sit down with Cole Starke, Head of Growth at Quadratic, to see it in action. He builds a full personal finance dashboard from live bank data, shows how his team tracks marketing performance from clicks all the way to revenue, and explains why AI inside a spreadsheet is more trustworthy than AI in a chatbot. 🔗 Try Quadratic: https://quadratic.ai 0:00 Why AI changes the spreadsheet game 0:25 What is Quadratic? 0:49 Core features: AI, Code & Connections 1:45 Who's using it? (Finance, marketing, SMBs) 3:58 Demo 1: Personal Finance Dashboard 4:36 Connecting bank accounts via Plaid 5:28 AI builds charts from raw transaction data 8:17 Asking follow-up questions to your data 9:00 The 3 stages of spreadsheets (input, organize, analyze) 10:04 Suggested prompts & data exploration 11:08 Demo 2: Marketing Growth Dashboard 12:59 Connecting Stripe, Mixpanel & Google Ads 15:08 Tracking full funnel: clicks to signups to revenue 17:52 SEO insight: templates vs. blog posts for LTV 19:17 How AI models have improved spreadsheet quality 20:45 Getting lazy with prompts (and it still works) 21:17 Selling AI tools to non-AI-native users 23:06 How to get started with Quadratic 24:13 Where to find Quadratic online 📌 Key Takeaways: → Quadratic lets you connect directly to 12,000+ financial institutions via Plaid, plus Stripe, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, and more → AI writes the Python, SQL, and formulas for you. You just describe what you want → Unlike chatbots, the spreadsheet grid gives you a verifiable source of truth alongside AI insights → Dashboards auto-update as your connected data refreshes. Build once, get fresh insights weekly → Templates are a great starting point if you're new #Quadratic #AISpreadsheet #PersonalFinance #MarketingDashboard #DataAnalytics #AI #Spreadsheets #ExcelAlternative #NoCode #StartupTools