
Michael Jarman
Microsoft Excel World Champion (MEWC 2024) and 2018 Financial Modelling World Champion; CFA charterholder and VP at MidInfra Capital Partners.
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Aug 4, 2026
AI vs. Financial Modeling World Champion: Who Wins, and What Can We Learn from It
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Giles MaleHOST
you just have at least one reviewer in there that's specifically targeting like don't overuse lets or lambdas or crazy things um i don't know all the bit in between the co-work the co-work co-pilot studio great but for the financial modeling community it feels like that's the only answer surely that you've just got a team of agents doing this stuff

Michael JarmanGUEST
I think if you do that, I think you do need to have a large chain and it does need to be trained to like really look for some really silly things.

Michael JarmanGUEST
Like, so I, in the last few days, like a U shortcut, like there's a new model type that we need in my company.

Michael JarmanGUEST
It's like, you know what? I'm just going to point shortcut at it and I'm going to see what it does.

Michael JarmanGUEST
A, to save me some work and B, just out of curiosity, because I've not used it like in anger before.
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Diarmuid EarlyGUEST
And maybe you want to have 50 adversarial review agents pick at it and comment and question the assumption and whatever but i do think there's something that you get if you build the entire thing yourself that is hard to replicate
AI vs. Financial Modeling World Champion: Who Wins, and What Can We Learn from It
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Giles MaleHOST
I- all the bit in between, the co-work, the co-work, Copilot Studio, great, but for the financial modeling community, uh, it feels like that's the only answer surely, that you've just got a team of agents doing this stuff.

Michael JarmanGUEST
I think if you do that, I think you, you do need to have a large chain, and it does need to be trained to like really look for some really silly things.

Michael JarmanGUEST
Like there's a new model type that we need in my company, and it's been on my to-do list.

Michael JarmanGUEST
It's like, you know what? I'm just gonna point Shortcut at it and I'm gonna see what it does.

Michael JarmanGUEST
A, to save me some work, and B, just out of curiosity 'cause I've not used it like in anger before.
7 MINS LATER
Diarmuid EarlyGUEST
But I, I do think there's something that you get if you build the entire thing yourself that is hard to replicate in review mode.
Apple vs OpenAI, Paramount Threatens to Leave CA, Mark Gurman Joins | Alexis Ohanian, Morgan Housel, Nico Christie & Michael Jarman
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Michael JarmanGUEST
I think for some reason I decided I want to, wanted to put the 2002 World Cup in Excel.

Michael JarmanGUEST
I mean, somebody else had already done this, 'cause somebody else was running the tournament, but I decided that seven-year-old me could do it instead.

Michael JarmanGUEST
Uh, that's my earliest memory with Excel, but, um, yeah, since then, uh, sort of built a career doing various things in Excel, and it's now a competitive esport for reasons that I still don't really understand, but, uh, it's, it's fantastic.
