Will Financial Modeling in Excel Be Dead Soon?

An extract of the (very short) article: "Stage 3: Agentic AI This is the final, most profound stage. What if the system could run itself? Agentic AI platforms from companies like Pigment and Anaplan are creating systems of autonomous agents that perceive, reason, and act. Imagine an "Analyst" agent detecting a sales variance. It triggers a "Planner" agent to investigate, which then activates a "Modeler" agent to run simulations and propose a new budget. The human is no longer in the loop; they are overseeing it. Is this not the endgame?"

Asking Google about the normal typical cost of deployment of Pigment or Anaplan: "Pigment pricing starts around $500-800 annually per Explorer seat, with Contributor and Editor seats costing more, leading to a total cost of $75,300-$106,250 annually for a Professional configuration. Anaplan, a competitor, has pricing that starts around $200,000 per year, but final costs depend on company size and model complexity. Pigment is best for companies seeking a modern, visual, and flexible planning platform, while Anaplan is more suited for enterprises with highly complex, structured, and large-scale planning needs."

Those platforms are targeted to big companies, but I doubt that the author (as me I'm doing for a living) has any idea about the capability of spending of small/medium companies and the budget allocated to the financial modeling (if any).

Anyway, speaking about talking after reading, my answer is yes, Excel has and will have a place for financial modeling and the article isn't providing any concrete evidence of the contrary.

The spreadsheet will remain an invaluable tool for real world stakeholders for any foreseeable future (civilization standing.)

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