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Shortcut's Excel AI agent beats world champion, demonstrating superhuman spreadsheet reasoning

2026-07-13 · 5 company · 5 thematic

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alexis ohanian

Reddit co-founder, founder of venture firm 776; early investor in women's sports (Angel City FC), track league (AFL), collectibles (Alt, college card company); articulates 'anti-AI barbell' thesis.

nico

Co-founder of Default (default.com), providing real-time data layer and semantic modeling for B2B companies to power AI agents. Raised Series A. Previously built inbound scheduling/routing tools for fast-growing startups. Company has logo tattoo culture.

mark gurman

Managing editor for Bloomberg's consumer technology team and chief correspondent covering Apple and consumer hardware. He reports on product strategy, devices, and the technology supply chain.

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“I actually didn't even use the best model like I didn't use fable. I had to use Opus 48 fast because it's the right spot of the PTO frontier because I would probably have lost on speed to Michael if I if I used Fable because we were gettin…”

—nico

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