a16z Partner: AI Code Generation Will End the Spreadsheet Era, Bringing a New Era of Software Development for 1 Billion Knowledge Workers

Deep Tide TechFlow News, March 11: a16z partner Andrew Chen wrote that AI code generation will fundamentally replace spreadsheets — which are essentially “business logic trapped in a grid,” lacking version control, testing, and modularity. AI code generation will reduce the marginal cost of moving from “spreadsheets” to “software” to nearly zero, and approximately 1 billion spreadsheet users worldwide are expected to transition to real software applications.