Anthropic Turns Claude Into an Office Suite With Meetings, Sheets
Anthropic has added Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards, turning its assistant into an AI-driven office suite as the company heads toward a public offering.
SUMO· the number puzzle
Dialo· learn languages by speaking
ediviewer· read EDI files like documents
giftdetect· the right gift in minutesAnthropic has unveiled a set of productivity tools that turn Claude into an AI-powered office suite, introduced at a media event as the company moves toward its initial public offering.
Claude Meetings joins your calls
Claude Meetings lets teams invite the AI into a Google Meet call as a regular participant. Claude follows the conversation in real time, takes notes and answers questions in the chat. It can also draft work plans, build timelines or check connected apps for information relevant to the call.
After the meeting, everything Claude generated stays in its history for later queries. Anthropic says Claude will always identify itself as a participant and will not join calls with external guests unless an administrator allows it. According to the company, discussions can be turned into actions during the call, so tasks can be delegated before anyone hangs up.
Sheets and Whiteboards
Claude Sheets goes after Excel. Instead of starting from a blank template, users describe what they need, such as a budget or a campaign tracker, and Claude builds a spreadsheet with tabs, formulas and dropdown menus. Users can then ask it to edit cells and explain each change. Microsoft already offers similar features in Excel, Word and PowerPoint; Anthropic's pitch is that Sheets lives inside the Claude workflow, so people don't jump between apps.
Claude Whiteboards is a collaborative board where users discuss a plan and Claude shapes it into a visual workspace, then into a document or slide presentation. It integrates with Meetings, so participants can open the whiteboard during a video call.
Enterprise features and availability
Anthropic also launched Claude Data, which connects Claude to CRM systems and data warehouses, plus new connectors for Adobe, Atlassian and HubSpot. These allow full versions of some tools to open inside Claude's interface.
Claude Meetings arrives in beta for Team and Enterprise users and works only with Google Meet at first. Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards, also in beta, are available on any paid plan on the web and in the desktop and mobile apps.
Apps worth a look
SUMO: the number puzzleTap the right tiles, add them up, hit the target. Easy to learn, hard to master. Free, for all ages.
Dialo: learn languages by speakingTalk to an AI conversation partner; every sentence comes back corrected and explained in your language. 9 languages, A1 to C2.
ediviewer: read EDI files like documentsOpen EDIFACT and X12 messages, see every segment explained, convert to JSON/XML, export PDF and Excel. Runs locally, no upload.
giftdetect: the right gift in minutesPick who it is for, the occasion and their personality. The search engine reads product descriptions from local shops and ranks what fits. Free, no sign-up.
