AI can finally create spreadsheets and Powerpoints

Has the last mile problem been solved?

Claude and Anthropic have been on a hot streak.

First, Claude Code seems to be dominating agentic coding — while also being useful for non-coders.

But this week it dropped something for the knowledge workers.

The ability to create Excel and Powerpoint documents from within a chat.

Have we finally solved the last-mile problem?

I gave it a test drive for you and here’s what I found.