Anthropic announced a suite of new workplace productivity tools on Tuesday, headlined by Claude Meetings, a feature that allows the AI to join video calls as a visible participant. The tool, which is launching in beta for Team and Enterprise customers, can follow live conversations to draft plans, map out timelines, answer questions in the meeting chat, and retrieve information from connected work applications. Currently, the feature supports Google Meet, with additional platforms expected to follow.
Nicholas Lin, the company's product lead for knowledge work, said the assistant is already used in nearly all of the company's internal meetings. Lin noted that while the AI currently waits for instructions, the company intends to make the assistant more proactive over time. "We've seen developers work at the speed of thought," Lin said, adding that Anthropic wants knowledge workers "to be able to do the same thing."
Alongside the meeting assistant, the company introduced Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets, both of which are entering beta for paid subscribers on web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Claude Whiteboards allows teams to brainstorm in a shared visual workspace that the AI can convert into documents or slide decks. Claude Sheets enables users to generate and collaboratively edit complex spreadsheets containing formulas, formatting, and multiple tabs, with the AI outlining every change it makes to a cell.
Anthropic also announced that Claude Data, previously known as Claude Dashboards, is now generally available. This feature allows users to connect the AI to data warehouses or CRM systems to generate dashboards, written reports, or narrated videos. Additionally, the company introduced interactive connectors that allow users to open full versions of applications like Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot directly within the Claude workspace to perform tasks without switching apps.
