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The AI Chapter is here.

After nineteen years of teaching data, we've rebuilt every course around the newest member of the team - AI. Here's what changed, and why.

Excelgoodies, 2026 · 5-minute read · From the Founder

We didn't add AI to our courses. We rebuilt our courses around AI.

For nineteen years, we have taught business professionals to work with data. We've watched the tools change - from Excel macros to Power Pivot, from on-premise SQL to Microsoft Fabric, from static reports to interactive dashboards. Through every shift, our promise stayed the same: we teach the tools the way they're actually used at work, not the way they're packaged on a feature page.

Then, in late 2024, the tools changed in a way no previous shift prepared us for. Copilot arrived in Excel. Then in Power BI. Then in Power Apps, Power Automate, the entire Power Platform. AI Builder. Copilot Studio. Mosaic AI inside Databricks. Every tool we teach quietly absorbed a layer of intelligence that fundamentally changed how the work gets done.

We could have done what most training companies did. Bolt AI on as an appendix. Add a "module 11: Introduction to Copilot" at the end of every course. Print "AI-ready" on the brochure and call it done.

"AI in 2026 isn't a topic. It's the way the tools breathe."

So we made a different choice. Over fourteen months, we rebuilt every Excelgoodies course from the ground up. Not to teach AI as a subject - but to teach the work itself the way it now actually happens, with AI threaded through every formula, every dashboard, every workflow, every pipeline.

This is the AI Chapter. Not a feature update. A rebuild.

Three things every AI-augmented Excelgoodies course now does differently.

Whether you join the Business Users, Techno-Business Users, or Power Users track - these three commitments hold across every course.

01.

AI is woven into the work, not bolted on as a module.

The first time you build a formula in our Power BI course, Copilot is already there beside you. The first time you write a measure, you're seeing both how to do it manually and how to do it with AI assistance - so you understand when to trust AI and when to override it.

This isn't a teaching trick. It's a working pattern. Because that's how the job actually feels in 2026.

02.

You learn the new tools and the foundations beneath them.

AI can write a SQL query for you. It cannot tell you whether that query is asking the right question. So every Excelgoodies course teaches both layers - the manual fluency that makes you a good data thinker, and the AI fluency that makes you a fast one.

The pros who get ahead in 2026 won't be the ones who replaced themselves with AI. They'll be the ones who learned to think faster with it.

03.

Built, not borrowed. Stress-tested by Quipersoft.

Every AI pattern, every Copilot prompt library, every agentic workflow we now teach has already been shipped on real client projects by Quipersoft - our consulting arm. We don't curate from blog posts. We curate from production.

When you learn an AI workflow from Excelgoodies, you're learning the one we already proved works at the IRS, the World Bank, or one of our 350+ enterprise clients.

What's actually different in 2026.

The practical changes you'll see in every course, every track, every classroom.

BUSINESS USERS

Excel + Power BI, AI-augmented.

For analysts, finance pros, and ops leads.

Copilot in Excel taught from Day 1 - not as an optional add-on
Power BI Copilot integrated into every dashboard build
AI-assisted DAX with override patterns (when to trust, when to verify)
Power Automate AI flows for repetitive work
New prompt library - 50+ tested prompts for spreadsheet workflows

TECHNO-BUSINESS USERS - MOST POPULAR

Power Platform, fully AI-native.

For Power BI users shipping apps and workflows.

Copilot Studio as the spine of the curriculum - build custom agents
AI Builder intelligent document processing taught hands-on
Generative answers across Power Platform integrated workflows
Dataverse + Power Pages with AI features (new in 2026)
Agentic patterns library - from Quipersoft's production work

POWER USERS

Data engineering, business-side.

For business pros who own the data layer.

Mosaic AI in Databricks taught in-depth - RAG, vector search, LLM ops
Fabric Data Agents for self-service analytics
AI-assisted SQL & Python with code-review patterns
Genie integrated into Lakehouse workflows
Production-grade patterns from real Quipersoft engagements

Why this chapter, and why now.

I spent the better part of 2025 in classrooms - listening. Not teaching. Listening to what learners were asking, what they were quietly struggling with, what they were trying to figure out on their own at midnight before the Monday standup.

Two patterns kept emerging. One: almost everyone was already using AI at work - Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude - but without any structure for when to trust it. Two: the formal training they were getting from us, and from everyone else, didn't reflect that reality.

The choice we faced was simple. Pretend the tools hadn't changed and teach the 2020 curriculum forever. Or pause everything, rebuild, and come back honest.

We paused. For fourteen months, we rebuilt. And what you're looking at on this page is the result - every course, every track, every workflow now taught the way the work actually happens in 2026.

If you've trained with us before, welcome back. If you're new - this is the best moment in nineteen years to start.

Mr. SAMI - Founder, Excelgoodies

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