Anthropic launched Claude Meetings on Tuesday, bringing its AI assistant directly into video calls as a visible participant to handle tasks in real time while users talk.
The new feature arrives amid an intensifying enterprise race. Just weeks after OpenAI introduced workplace tools for ChatGPT to visualize data and build presentations, and Meta debuted its Muse AI agent for creating mini-apps, major AI firms are aggressively turning their products into office suites to challenge Microsoft and Google.
With Claude Meetings, teams can add the AI to a video call where it follows the conversation, drafts plans, maps timelines on a whiteboard, answers chat questions, and pulls figures from connected apps like last year’s data. Anthropic says the feature lets teams turn discussions into immediate actions before anyone hangs up.
Claude identifies itself as a participant, posts a notice in the chat, and automatically leaves if external guests join unless an admin authorizes it. The tool launches in beta on Team and Enterprise plans, working initially with Google Meet.
Alongside video integration, Anthropic unveiled Claude Whiteboards for collaborative visual brainstorming with real-time timelines and deadlines. Users can transform finished boards into documents or slide decks, and Whiteboards also function directly inside Claude Meetings to build visual workspaces on the fly.
The company also introduced Claude Sheets for creating and collaboratively editing spreadsheets. Teams can ask Claude to set up campaign trackers or hiring budgets with multiple tabs, formulas, and dropdown menus while the assistant makes direct cell edits and outlines every change.
Anthropic also announced that Claude Data, formerly known as Claude Dashboards, is now generally available. The system connects Claude to corporate databases like CRMs or data warehouses, allowing users to query numbers and receive dashboards, written stories, or narrated videos.
The company debuted interactive app connectors that open full versions of platforms like Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot directly alongside active Claude conversations.
Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets are available in beta on paid plans across web, desktop, and mobile devices.
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