Hey everyone! We're Ashwin and Phil and we’re building Melder, an AI add-in for Excel.

TL;DR

Melder is an add-in that brings AI formulas, file upload, and web scraping to Excel, so finance and ops teams can work faster without changing their existing workflow. One-click install and deploy from the Microsoft add-in store.

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❌ Problem

Finance and ops teams spend too much time:

• Pulling data from earnings calls, investor presentations, and transaction documents
• Researching competitors one website at a time
• Aggregating insights from interview transcripts and reports

Teams want to automate these tasks, but every AI solution requires learning new tools and changing existing workflows.

✅ Solution

We built AI capabilities directly into the tool finance and ops teams already use every day: Excel.

Some things teams can do with Melder:

• Turn PDFs into structured data: Upload contracts, invoices, or reports directly to cells. Extract what's needed in seconds.
• Scrape the web with a formula: Pull any website's contents into Excel. Research 100 competitors as easily as one.
• Analyze qualitative data: Turn customer feedback, survey responses, or support tickets into structured insights

Your team already knows Excel. No training needed, no new logins to manage, deploy instantly across Office 365 licenses. It's AI that fits existing workflows, not the other way around.

🙌 Our Ask

• Try it free: Install directly from Microsoft (takes 30 seconds, no commitment)
• See it in action: Book a call directly: https://cal.com/phil-brewer/chat