Anthropic introduced three new productivity features on Tuesday, including Claude Meetings, which places the AI inside video calls to act on discussions while they happen. The company also launched Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets.
This release follows OpenAI’s recent push of similar workplace tools, allowing collaboration with ChatGPT to visualise company data and build presentations. Both firms are competing to transform their products into office suites to challenge Microsoft and Google. Meta is also entering the space with its Muse AI agent, which constructs mini-apps instantly to assist with specific tasks.
Claude Meetings
Teams can add Claude to a video call as a visible participant. The AI follows the conversation and begins working on tasks in real time. While people speak, it can draft the plan under discussion, map timelines onto a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve data such as last year’s figures. Once the call ends, the notes, action items, and other materials generated by Claude are available in claude.ai.
Anthropic says most work from a meeting usually starts after everyone hangs up, but this feature allows teams to convert discussions into actions live.
Claude identifies itself as a meeting participant and posts a notice in the chat. It will not join calls with external guests unless an admin authorises it, and it automatically leaves if an external guest joins.
Claude Meetings launches in beta on Team and Enterprise plans. At launch, it works with Google Meet, with support for additional plans expected to follow.
Claude Whiteboards
Anthropic describes this feature as a collaborative board where teams discuss a plan and have Claude convert it into an organised visual workspace with timelines and deadlines.
Many users already brainstorm with Claude, but previously they had to copy-paste results elsewhere to share them. Now, a team can work directly with Claude on the same board in real time.
When the brainstorm finishes, Claude can turn the board into a document or a slide deck. Whiteboards also function inside Claude Meetings, so the board builds while people talk.
Claude Whiteboards is available in beta on paid plans, on web, desktop, and mobile.
Claude Sheets
Teams can create and collaboratively edit spreadsheets with Claude. A team can ask it to build a campaign tracker or hiring budget, and Claude will generate a working spreadsheet.
Anthropic says Claude handles the initial setup of trackers and budgets, while allowing teams to continue refining and updating the same spreadsheet. Each spreadsheet can include multiple tabs, formulas, formatting, and dropdown menus. Claude also makes edits directly in cells alongside the team, outlining each change so users see what it did.
Claude Sheets is available in beta on paid plans, on web, desktop and mobile.
Claude Data and App Connectors
Anthropic announced that Claude Data, formerly known as Claude Dashboards, is now generally available. The feature connects Claude to systems companies use to keep their numbers, such as a data warehouse or CRM. Users can ask questions, and Claude responds with dashboards, written data stories, or narrated videos.
Additionally, the company announced interactive connectors that open the full version of apps like Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot inside Claude. Teams can now open these apps directly alongside their Claude conversations and ask the assistant to work within them, bringing existing workflows into the same workspace.
