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Anthropic has introduced new Claude workplace tools that can join meetings, create spreadsheets and support team collaboration.
How Will Claude Meetings Work?
Anthropic has announced Claude Meetings, a workplace feature that allows its artificial intelligence assistant to participate directly in Google Meet calls. Unlike conventional meeting transcription tools, Claude can work on tasks while discussions are taking place.
During meetings, the assistant can prepare project plans, create timelines, answer questions in the meeting chat and retrieve information from connected business applications. Participants can access notes, action items and other materials generated during the call through the Claude website.
The feature includes controls intended to protect meeting privacy. Claude identifies itself in the meeting chat and cannot participate in calls involving external guests without administrator approval. It also automatically leaves if an unauthorised external participant joins. Claude Meetings is initially available in beta for Team and Enterprise subscribers using Google Meet, with support for other platforms planned.
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What Can Claude Whiteboards and Sheets Do?
Anthropic has also introduced Claude Whiteboards, a shared visual workspace where teams can develop ideas, organise projects and establish deadlines with AI assistance. The feature allows users to collaborate on plans without transferring their work between separate applications.
Claude can convert completed whiteboards into presentation slides or documents. The workspace can also operate alongside Claude Meetings, allowing project timelines and other visual materials to develop during discussions.
Claude Sheets provides collaborative spreadsheet creation and editing. Users can request hiring budgets, campaign trackers and other structured documents. The assistant can generate formulas, formatting, multiple tabs and dropdown menus while recording changes made to individual cells. Both Whiteboards and Sheets are available in beta to paid subscribers across mobile, web and desktop.
How Is Anthropic Expanding Business Data Tools?
The company is also making Claude Data, previously called Claude Dashboards, generally available to paid users. The tool connects with customer relationship management systems and data warehouses, allowing employees to examine company information through conversational requests.
Depending on the request, Claude can present findings through interactive dashboards, written reports or narrated videos. Anthropic has also introduced interactive connectors that allow users to access applications including Adobe, HubSpot and Atlassian directly within Claude conversations.
These additions bring meeting assistance, spreadsheet management, visual planning and business data analysis into a connected workplace environment. They also extend Claude’s functions beyond answering questions to preparing and modifying work materials.
How Does the Launch Affect AI Workplace Competition?
Anthropic’s announcement comes as major technology companies expand their artificial intelligence offerings for businesses. Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and Meta are also developing tools intended to support workplace productivity and automate routine tasks.
OpenAI recently introduced workplace capabilities for creating presentations and visualising company information through ChatGPT. Meta has also developed its Muse AI agent, which can create small applications for specific tasks.
Anthropic’s latest products place Claude in more direct competition with established office software and emerging AI productivity platforms. The company’s approach combines real-time meeting participation with collaborative documents and business data access, extending the role of AI assistants in everyday office operations.
