10,000 people. That's how many registered for a live webinar about using Claude with Microsoft Excel.
Anthropichosted the session, which is now available on-demand, walking through how Claude can handle spreadsheet tasks like data analysis, formula writing, and cleaning messy datasets. The attendance number alone tells a story about where enterprise AI demand actually lives: not in flashy demos or research papers, but in the mundane reality of people staring at spreadsheets all day.
This is part of Anthropic's broader push to position Claude as a practical work tool rather than just a chatbot. Excel integration taps into a user base that numbers in the hundreds of millions globally, most of whom have never touched an API or written a prompt more complex than a Google search.
The 10k figure also suggests that the "AI for spreadsheets" market is far from saturated, despite the number of tools already competing in the space. People aren't just curious about AI anymore - they're actively looking for ways to apply it to their existing workflows, and spreadsheets remain the single most common knowledge work tool on the planet.
The webinar recording is available through Anthropic's on-demand platform for anyone who missed the live session.