Anthropic announced a set of workplace features that place its Claude assistant directly into collaborative workflows. The company said the new tools—Claude Meetings, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets—are designed to let teams convert discussions into actionable plans while they work.
Claude in live meetings
With Claude Meetings, teams can add Claude as a visible participant in a video call. Anthropic says the assistant follows the conversation in real time, drafts plans as participants speak, maps timelines on a whiteboard, answers questions in the meeting chat and pulls data from connected apps—for example, retrieving last year’s figures.
After the call, Anthropic says meeting notes, action items and generated materials are available in claude.ai. Claude identifies itself as a meeting participant and posts a notice in the chat. The company added that the assistant will not join calls with external guests unless an administrator grants authorization, and that it will automatically leave if an external guest joins.
Boards, sheets and data connectors
Claude Whiteboards is presented as a collaborative canvas where teams can brainstorm and have Claude convert the discussion into an organized visual workspace with timelines and deadlines. Anthropic says Whiteboards can be transformed into documents or slide decks, and that the feature integrates with Claude Meetings so a board can build while people talk.
Claude Sheets lets teams ask the assistant to generate and edit spreadsheets, including multiple tabs, formulas, formatting and dropdown menus. The company says Claude performs initial setup for trackers and budgets, makes edits directly in cells alongside users and outlines each change so teams can review what was done.
Anthropic also said Claude Data (formerly Claude Dashboards) is now generally available. The feature connects Claude to systems such as data warehouses and CRMs, and can answer queries with dashboards, written data stories or narrated videos. Interactive connectors will open full versions of apps like Adobe, Atlassian and HubSpot inside Claude so users can bring existing workflows into the same workspace.
The company launched Meetings in beta for Team and Enterprise plans, initially supporting Google Meet, and stated that Whiteboards and Sheets are available in beta on paid plans across web, desktop and mobile.
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