SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic introduced a suite of workplace productivity tools on Tuesday, aiming directly at corporate office workflows dominated by tech giants like Google and Microsoft.
At an event in San Francisco, the company unveiled Claude Sheets, Claude Meetings and Claude Whiteboards, expanding its flagship chatbot into collaborative day-to-day office tasks. The product rollout marks a deliberate effort to reach beyond computer programmers and enterprise developers, according to company officials.
Nicholas Lin, who works on product at Anthropic, told The Verge that while the company previously altered how engineers write software, it now seeks to close the divide for general knowledge workers. Lin noted that friction remains high when non-technical staff attempt to adopt generative technology.
Spreadsheets and Virtual Collaboration
Claude Sheets allows coworkers to generate and edit spreadsheets collaboratively alongside the AI assistant. According to reports from Engadget and TechCrunch, the application supports formulas, multi-tab workbooks, formatting options and dropdown menus. The system outlines each modification Claude makes directly inside table cells, and users can export files to Microsoft Excel or connect them through a Google Workspace integration.
Alongside the spreadsheet software, Anthropic debuted Claude Whiteboards. The collaborative canvas automatically groups team ideas by concept, creates organized timelines and produces actionable task lists. TechCrunch reported that teams can convert completed whiteboards directly into presentation slide decks or text documents.
Both Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards launched in beta testing on Tuesday for all paid subscription tiers across desktop, web and mobile platforms.
Real-Time Meeting Agents
The company also revealed Claude Meetings, a virtual agent that joins video calls to perform tasks while employees speak. The tool is currently available in beta for Team and Enterprise subscribers, beginning with support for Google Meet.
When added to a video call, Claude enters as a visible participant and alerts users in the meeting chat, Anthropic stated. The assistant can outline plans, answer questions from participants, consult connected business applications for historical statistics and draft action items before the call concludes. To address privacy concerns, Anthropic stated that Claude will not enter calls with outside guests without administrator consent and will automatically exit if an external guest joins.
The feature integrates directly with Claude Whiteboards, enabling teams to watch an organized visual timeline form as they talk.
Enterprise Push Ahead of Expected IPO
In addition to the new tools, Anthropic announced that its analytics tool, previously dubbed Claude Dashboards, has been renamed Claude Data and is now generally available to paid subscribers. The feature connects to customer relationship management databases and data warehouses, responding to corporate queries with analytical summaries, dashboards or narrated videos.
Anthropic also upgraded its application connectors. Users can now open complete versions of partner software — including Adobe, Atlassian and HubSpot — directly inside Claude, drawing on a marketplace that now holds more than 9,000 plugins.
The expansion comes as rivals accelerate their own corporate software offerings. OpenAI recently introduced collaborative workplace agents, Meta is developing its Muse AI assistant, and Google continues embedding Gemini across its Workspace applications. Industry observers note Anthropic faces heightened expectations from investors to generate steady commercial revenue and demonstrate a clear path to profitability ahead of an anticipated initial public offering.
Anthropic indicated that it plans to expand Claude Meetings to additional teleconferencing platforms in the future, though specific rollout dates have not yet been announced.
