Python is an ‘equalizer’ which can help every part of a data operation to work together. Python is now the most popular language for data science, used by 15.7 million developers globally.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl () and =PY ()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

Google’s data science agent does just that: The new, free, Gemini 2.0-powered AI assistant that automates data analysis is now available to users age 18-plus in select countries and languages.