Anthropic has introduced a set of new workplace-focused features designed to make its Claude assistant a more active participant in day-to-day professional tasks. The centerpiece of the announcement is Claude Meetings, a capability that allows Claude to join live video calls as a visible participant and begin working on tasks in real time while the conversation is still happening. Alongside this, the company also revealed Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets, rounding out what is shaping up to be a broader push into workplace productivity software.

The timing of the announcement is notable. Just weeks ago, OpenAI rolled out its own set of workplace tools, giving ChatGPT users the ability to collaborate on tasks like building presentations and visualizing company data. Meanwhile, Meta has entered the same space with its Muse AI agent, which can generate lightweight applications on demand to help users complete specific tasks. The moves from all three companies reflect an intensifying race to position AI assistants as full-featured office productivity platforms, directly challenging the dominance of Microsoft and Google in the enterprise software market.

Claude Meetings: Real-Time Collaboration During Video Calls

Claude Meetings allows teams to add Claude directly to a video call, where it appears as a named participant. From there, it actively follows the discussion and begins executing tasks without waiting for the call to end. During a meeting, Claude can draft plans being discussed by participants, lay out timelines on a connected whiteboard, field questions posted in the meeting chat, and pull relevant information from linked work applications - such as retrieving figures from a previous fiscal year.

Once the call wraps up, everything Claude produced during the session - including meeting notes, action items, and any other materials - becomes available through claude.ai. Anthropic's argument is straightforward: the work that typically begins after a meeting ends can now start while the meeting is still in progress, compressing the gap between discussion and execution.

On the privacy and transparency front, Claude identifies itself clearly as a meeting participant and posts a notice in the meeting chat to inform attendees of its presence. It will not join calls that include external guests unless an administrator has explicitly granted that permission. If an outside guest enters a call mid-session, Claude will automatically exit.

Claude Meetings is currently available in beta for users on Team and Enterprise plans. At launch, it is compatible with Google Meet, with support for additional video platforms expected to be added in the future.

Claude Whiteboards: Turning Brainstorms Into Organized Visual Workspaces

Anthropic describes Claude Whiteboards as a shared collaborative board where teams can talk through ideas and have Claude organize them into a structured visual workspace, complete with timelines and deadlines. The feature addresses a friction point that Anthropic says it has observed in how people already use Claude: while many users brainstorm with the assistant individually, sharing those results with colleagues typically requires manually copying and pasting content into another tool.

With Whiteboards, an entire team can work alongside Claude on the same board simultaneously. The feature is also integrated with Claude Meetings, meaning the whiteboard can populate and update in real time as a meeting conversation unfolds - rather than requiring someone to manually document what was discussed after the fact.

When a brainstorming session concludes, Claude can convert the whiteboard content into a document or a slide deck. Claude Whiteboards is available in beta on all paid plans and works across web, desktop, and mobile.

Claude Sheets: AI-Assisted Spreadsheet Creation and Editing

The third major feature in the announcement is Claude Sheets, which enables teams to create and collaboratively edit spreadsheets with Claude's direct involvement. Users can instruct Claude to build specific tools - such as a campaign performance tracker or a hiring budget template - and Claude will generate a fully functional spreadsheet in response.

Anthropic says Claude handles the initial build of these documents while also remaining available for ongoing edits and refinements. Each spreadsheet can include multiple tabs, formulas, custom formatting, and dropdown menus. Claude works directly within the cells alongside team members and provides a clear record of every change it makes, so users can track exactly what was modified and why.

Claude Sheets is available in beta on paid plans, accessible through web, desktop, and mobile interfaces.

Claude Data Now Generally Available

In addition to the three new features, Anthropic confirmed that Claude Data - previously known as Claude Dashboards - has graduated from beta and is now generally available. The feature connects Claude to enterprise data systems such as data warehouses and customer relationship management platforms. Users can pose questions in plain language, and Claude responds with dashboards, written summaries of data findings, or narrated video explanations.

Interactive Connectors Bring Third-Party Apps Into Claude

Anthropic also introduced interactive connectors, which allow teams to open full versions of third-party applications directly within the Claude interface. At launch, supported applications include tools from Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot. Rather than switching between separate windows or platforms, users can open these apps alongside their Claude conversations and ask the assistant to take action within them - effectively bringing existing workflows into a single unified workspace.

Taken together, the announcements represent a significant step in Anthropic's effort to move Claude beyond a standalone chat assistant and position it as an integrated layer across the tools and workflows that professional teams use every day.