Melder

AI formulas and document support for Microsoft Excel

New York City, NY

2 employees

Pre-seed · $500K

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.

Company details

Team Size2

LocationNew York City, NY

IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Philip Brewer

Building the 'Excel for unstructured data' Ex-Bain Consultant | Indiana University | Amateur Improv Comedy Player

Ashwin Dharne

Ex-Google engineer with experience in security and cloud conversational AI. UCLA Computer Science & Applied Mathematics graduate.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.