Crunched
Excel AI analyst for Power Users
Founders
- Philip BorgeFounder
- Lars Gjardar MusæusFounder/CTO
- Michael SakowskiFounder
- Markus SkagemoFounder
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About Crunched
Crunched is the Excel AI analyst for power users - in consulting, investment banking, and private equity. It error-checks workbooks end-to-end, builds models from scratch, and handles grunt work like extracting and linking data from IMs to template models - all within Excel so teams can review and iterate as usual. Agents struggle with tabular data - getting reliable, multi-step execution over thousands of interlinked formulas, sheets, and ranges is hard. Making Crunched good enough for people who live in Excel means knowing the pain points deeply. Michael and Philip has 10,000+ hours in Excel across consulting and finance. Markus and Lars bring deep expertise in scaling AI and enterprise solutions. We've had easy access to first customers and are already live with firms across six European countries - we now plan to expand into the US. With >1bn total Excel users, we focus on the top 2%, highest-value Excel users globally. We're solving one pain point at a time to create a product that doesn't just look good in a demo but actually works in production. Excel is here to stay, but the way experts model is fundamentally changing - with Crunched.
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Crunched: questions
Which YC batch was Crunched in?
Crunched was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).
Is Crunched still active?
Y Combinator lists Crunched as active.
Who founded Crunched?
Crunched's founders, as listed on its YC page: Philip Borge (Founder), Lars Gjardar Musæus (Founder/CTO), Michael Sakowski (Founder), Markus Skagemo (Founder).
Where is Crunched based?
Crunched lists Oslo, Oslo, Norway as its location on YC's directory.
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