Melder

AI formulas and document support for Microsoft Excel

1.2Score#950 of 999 agents#4 of 5 in Data analyst

Why it ranks #950

Melder, an AI data analyst from YC F24, ranks #950 of 999 AI agents and #4 of 5 in Data analyst, with a score of 1.2 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 0 × 25% 0.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.2

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
0
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Fall 2024) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 16% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 11% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 4% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Melder

Melder is an Excel add-in that brings AI functions and document support into your spreadsheets. Upload files directly into cells, use smart formulas like =GEN, and build automations—all without leaving Excel.

Core features:

- File-to-Sheet: Drop PDFs directly into cells, then reference them in formulas.

- AI-Powered Functions: Write formulas like =GEN() or =EXTRACT() to summarize, classify, and analyze content.

- Chat Assistant: Use our AI assistant to help build your sheets or answer questions from your data, live in the workbook.

Business users use Melder to:

- Accelerate diligence by extracting insights from data rooms

- Review contracts by identifying key terms and clauses instantly

- Run market research by pulling information from competitor websites

- Synthesize transcripts by generating summaries from interviews and calls

Melder brings the power of structured spreadsheet logic to the messy, unstructured data world—no coding needed.