In 2025, the humble spreadsheet is no longer just a grid of cells—it’s becoming an intelligent workspace. According to market research, the global spreadsheet software industry is expected to grow from about $10.79 billion in 2024 to $11.66 billion in 2025. WhaTech+2The Business Research Company+2 That’s a nearly 8% jump in a year, driven largely by cloud tools, better user interfaces, and data-focused features.
What’s especially interesting for anyone building a product like AI Smart Sheets is how many of the forward-looking trends center around artificial intelligence. One report notes that the integration of AI assistants into spreadsheets is one of the major trends set to reshape the industry from 2025 to 2034. WhaTech+1 In other words: spreadsheets that simply sit there are no longer enough—users expect them to help think and act.
So where does that lead?
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For students and educators: Less time teaching formulas, more time asking insightful questions (“What if column B values tripled?”).
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For professionals and teams: Spreadsheets turn into true collaboration hubs—where instead of writing out step-wise formulas, you say what you want and the sheet responds.
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For developers and startup creators: The opportunity is huge. A market growing so rapidly, with AI built in, opens doors for new tools that don’t just manage data—they interpret it.
At AI Smart Sheets, we’re positioned right at the intersection of these trends. We’re blending a familiar spreadsheet grid with conversational AI, helping users bypass the formula frustration and focus on outcomes. In a market trending toward smarter, more intuitive ways of working with data, that’s exactly where we want to be.