Technology
History of Excel and Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets began in the 1970s with VisiCalc, exploded in the 80s–90s as Excel became the global business standard, and shifted to the cloud in the 2000s with Google Sheets and collaboration. The 2010s blurred spreadsheets with databases and no-code tools. In the 2020s, AI turns spreadsheets into automatic data apps, cutting formulas and manual work out of the equation.
