Announcing o11's backing from Y Combinator.
AI for Smartsheet
AI that updates the sheet you actually run on.
- Update rows and cells from natural language.
- Audit formulas and cross-sheet references in place.
Q2 Launch Plan
| Task Name | Assigned To | Start | End | Dur. | % Complete | Pred. Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pre-launch | 4/01 | 4/15 | 14d | 73% | In Progress | |
| 2. Finalize messaging | AHA. Hill | 4/01 | 4/05 | 5d | 80% | In Progress |
| 3. Build landing page | KPK. Park | 4/05 | 4/15 | 10d | 90% | In Progress |
| 4. PR briefing | AHA. Hill | 4/10 | 4/15 | 5d | 50% | In Progress |
| 5. Launch week | 4/22 | 4/24 | 3d | 10% | In Progress | |
| 6. Beta launch | MCM. Chen | 4/22 | 4/22 | 1d | 30% | In Progress |
| 7. Internal demo | LPL. Park | 4/24 | 4/24 | 1d | 0% | Not Started |
| 8. Press release | AHA. Hill | 4/24 | 4/24 | 1d | 0% | Not Started |
| 9. Post-launch | 4/26 | 5/12 | 17d | 0% | Not Started | |
| 10. Customer surveys | AHA. Hill | 4/26 | 5/03 | 7d | 0% | Not Started |
| 11. Win/loss reviews | LPL. Park | 5/01 | 5/10 | 9d | 0% | Not Started |
| 12. Q2 retro | MCM. Chen | 5/12 | 5/12 | 1d | 0% | Not Started |
o11 for Smartsheet: an AI agent layer for program work
o11 is an AI execution layer that runs inside Smartsheet. The agent updates rows, audits formulas, and rolls up across sheets — without sending a PMO analyst into another tab to retype what they already worked out in a status review.
If you have searched for AI for Smartsheet, a Smartsheet AI agent, or an alternative to Smartsheet AI for actual workflow execution, the difference comes down to one question: does the AI describe the sheet or edit the sheet?
What teams use o11 for in Smartsheet
- Row updates. Bulk-update statuses, owners, dates, and milestones across schedule and tracker sheets in a single pass.
- Formula audit. Find broken or fragile formulas and cross-sheet references, then propose and apply fixes in place.
- Cross-sheet rollups. Reconcile portfolio dashboards, program views, and capital project rollups against the source sheets they depend on.
- Intake to schedule. Turn project intake forms and meeting notes into properly-typed rows on the right sheet, with dependencies wired up.
Why o11 differs from Smartsheet AI
Smartsheet AI ships in-cell as formula generation, content suggestions, and analysis. The execution still ends with a human editing the row, fixing the reference, or restructuring the rollup. o11 is built to drive those edits. The chat is the control surface, Smartsheet is where the work lands.
Built for teams that live across systems
Smartsheet is one part of a much larger stack — usually paired with Excel, Outlook, Jira, and an enterprise document store. o11 is positioned to act across all of them. A weekly program review can become a set of Smartsheet row updates, a refreshed Excel rollup, a Jira issue for blockers, and an exec-ready Outlook update without anyone re-typing the same status into four tools.
Where Smartsheet teams typically start with o11
- PMOs with weekly hygiene and portfolio rollups.
- Construction and capital projects with schedule maintenance and change orders.
- IT operations with project trackers and program-level reporting.
- Operations leaders with intake forms and cross-sheet status views.
How o11 respects Smartsheet permissions
The agent operates with the user’s own account. Sheet sharing, workspace permissions, and column-level controls apply exactly the way they do for that user in the UI. Nothing is bypassed. That is what makes o11 deployable in regulated programs that cannot trust a tool that runs as an over-privileged service account.
FAQ
How is this different from Smartsheet AI? Smartsheet AI offers in-cell formulas and content suggestions; o11 drives multi-row edits and cross-sheet workflows.
Who is it for? PMOs, construction, IT operations, and program teams.