Big Take Podcast

How Microsoft Excel Conquered Corporate America

On today’s Big Take podcast: Love it or hate it, Microsoft Excel is as ubiquitous as ever. But can it stay on top in a world of AI and new competition?

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Excel. If you work in corporate America, that word either inspires laser-focused productivity or pure dread. Over the last 40 years, the spreadsheet software has become synonymous with the best — and worst — of late-stage capitalism. It’s seeped into popular culture and, along the way, made Microsoft one of the world’s most valuable companies.