Jan 28, 2026

This week in Vern: Improved onboarding & AI reliability

We've shipped major improvements to data validation, onboarding, and overall platform stability.

Vish Varma

Co-founder, CEO

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New Features

Interactive Preview for New Users: First-time users now see a guided walkthrough showing how Vern cleans messy data, without needing to upload their own files first.

Manual Validation Rules: You can now choose from preset validation patterns (like email, phone number, date formats) instead of only describing them in text. Test your rules before applying them.

Multi-Cell Selection: Select and edit multiple cells at once, just like Excel. Copy, paste, cut, and delete across cell ranges with familiar keyboard shortcuts.

Faster Performance with Large Datasets: Spreadsheets with many columns now load and navigate much faster. We only render what you can see on screen.

Improvements

Data Import & Mapping

  • Column mappings now persist when switching browser tabs

  • Excel files import seamlessly with all columns intact

  • Additional data imports now append to existing rows without overwriting

Validation & Data Quality

  • Validation states now remain consistent across multiple imports

  • AI validation rules reliably identify and highlight invalid values

  • Bulk edits now save immediately and reliably

Cross-Sheet Operations

  • Lookups between sheets now support matching on multiple columns simultaneously

  • Value mapping between sheets now works consistently and accurately

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