Excel and AI: Code Your Way to Hours Back Every Week

About this episode

This episode explores how to use AI in Excel to automate tasks and save time.

You open Excel daily, but are you using AI to make it work for you? While 58% of professionals have tried AI, only 17% use it regularly—a missed opportunity. Join CPA Kyle Ashcraft in this hands-on webinar to learn vibe coding—a no-programming approach using Cursor AI to automate repetitive Excel tasks. Watch Kyle transform messy spreadsheets, organize GL data, and reconcile transactions with simple AI prompts while keeping data secure. You'll get three ready-to-use scripts plus a framework to automate countless tasks and reclaim hours weekly. (Originally recorded on October 20, 2025, on Earmark Webinars+) Chapters (02:18) - Meet Kyle Ashcraft and His AI Journey (02:31) - The Importance of AI in Accounting (03:30) - Kyle's Background and CPA Review (04:38) - Live Webinar and Audience Interaction (05:12) - Kyle's AI Projects and Cursor Introduction (07:39) - Data Privacy Concerns with AI (17:18) - Practical AI in Excel: Examples and Demonstration (20:03) - Getting Started with Cursor (23:55) - First Cursor Project: Cleaning Up Excel Data (31:38) - Jumping into Financial Document Verification (32:50) - Exploring Cursor's Privacy Settings (33:48) - Understanding Data Retention…

People in this episode

Host: Blake Oliver

Guest: Kyle Ashcraft

Topics covered

• Excel
• AI
• automation
• accounting
• data privacy
• webinar

Keywords

• Excel
• AI
• Cursor AI
• automation
• accounting tasks
• data privacy
• webinar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cursor AI

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