Paradigm has secured a $5 million seed round led by General Catalyst and simultaneously opened its AI-driven spreadsheet platform to the public, bringing the San Francisco-based company’s total funding to $7 million. The cloud product embeds more than 5,000 AI agents that can research, analyse and populate data at the level of individual cells. Users may switch among Anthropic, OpenAI and Google Gemini models to balance cost and performance. Paradigm says thousands of early testers have already eliminated more than 10,000 hours of manual work, and paying customers during the private beta include EY, AI-chip startup Etched and software firm Cognition. Founder Anna Monaco plans to deploy the new capital toward an “aggressive” product roadmap and additional model integrations. Paradigm, which charges from $20 a month after a free introductory period, enters a market where incumbents such as Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are adding generative-AI tools and venture-backed rivals like Quadratic are pursuing similar automation features.