AI for spreadsheets
AI for Excel Sheets
Create Excel sheets from text, improve existing spreadsheets, and generate business templates, formulas, and downloadable .xlsx files — all with a single prompt.
What is AI for Excel sheets?
AI for Excel sheets is a new way to build spreadsheets — instead of typing every column, formula and format by hand, you describe what you need in plain English and an AI assistant produces a complete, editable Excel file. Sehnna's AI was built specifically for spreadsheets, so the output isn't just text in a grid: it includes typed columns, working formulas, conditional formatting, totals rows, and clean styling that's ready to share with a client or a finance team.
What you can do with AI in Excel
- Generate a full Excel workbook from a single prompt (e.g. 'monthly cash-flow tracker for my coffee shop').
- Add or rewrite formulas — SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, IF, INDEX/MATCH, dynamic arrays — without memorising syntax.
- Improve an existing spreadsheet: clean column headers, fix data types, add a totals row, build a summary tab.
- Create business templates: invoices, budgets, P&L statements, KPI dashboards, project trackers, CRMs.
- Turn unstructured notes, emails, or PDF tables into structured Excel data.
- Export the result as a real .xlsx file — open it in Excel, Numbers, or Google Sheets.
How AI-generated Excel sheets work in Sehnna
You start a new chat, describe the spreadsheet you want, and the AI returns a live preview. From there you can ask follow-up questions like 'add a column for tax', 'group expenses by category', or 'turn this into a quarterly view'. Every iteration is editable in the browser, and you can download the final file as .xlsx whenever you're happy.
Examples of prompts that work well
- A 12-month marketing budget for a SaaS company with channels, planned vs actual, and variance %.
- An invoice template for a freelance designer with hourly rate, tax, and a totals block.
- A simple CRM with contact, company, status, deal value, next action, and a pipeline summary.
- A weekly content calendar with platform, format, owner, status, and publish date.
- A break-even analysis spreadsheet for a new product launch.
Who AI for Excel is for
Founders building their first financial model, ops teams who need a tracker yesterday, agencies producing client deliverables, accountants who want to skip the boilerplate, and anyone who has ever opened Excel and stared at the blank grid. AI for Excel sheets removes the setup work so you can focus on the decisions the spreadsheet is meant to support.
AI Excel vs. building from scratch
- Speed: prompt → finished workbook in under a minute, instead of an hour of formatting.
- Correctness: formulas are generated and reference-checked, so fewer #REF! and #VALUE! errors.
- Consistency: every workbook follows clean column types, frozen headers, and a totals row by default.
- Iteration: change one line of your prompt to restructure the whole sheet — no manual rework.