=SUM() is universally familiar. Spreadsheets have become one of the most successful programming environments in history, proving that a simple grid can be a powerful substrate. Looking ahead to an agentic future, Foundry Labs is sharing an open experiment: Project CalcLM. It explores how agent workflows might live in a grid-like surface. This isn’t a product, just something lightweight to explore. Bang around and let us know what you think. 🔗 https://aka.ms/calclm
This is interesting, thank you for sharing. In supply chain lots of seasoned supply planners live and breeze in excel to model the dynamics when their planning system can’t handle. I am gonna look into it.
Is it going to be open sourced to explore?
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Sumit Gulwani - This reminds me thr program synthesis magic by you!
Will check this out, have been working on something similar on the side.
Interesting, is it a pilot project as of now
"CalcLM looks like a fascinating exploration! Leveraging the familiar grid interface for agentic workflows is a clever approach. Looking forward to seeing where this goes."
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1moCool. This is what I had shared with Ryan Roslansky, after the announcement of the native Copilot function in Excel: The bigger opportunity is now to open this up. Let anyone build, discover, and monetize their agents as functions in Excel via the M365 Marketplace. Proprietary, domain-specific agents will deliver 100x the value of traditional add-ins in the marketplace, and promote Excel's position as a platform, beyond a product.