Crespo: Microsoft Excel will still be actively used in ten years
Eleonore Crespo · Goodbye Excel? AI Agents for Self-Driving Finance – Pigment CEO · Sep 11, 2025 · at 36:31
Eleonore Crespo is Co-CEO of Pigment, an AI-powered enterprise performance platform. She responds to whether AI agents will displace legacy software like Excel in corporate finance.
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“I have a prediction that Excel will still be here in five years. And there is a good reason. You can keep that. In five years, Excel will still be there. And in 10 years, Excel will still be there.”
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