Anthropic launches Claude Sheets, Meetings and Whiteboards

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Anthropic is expanding Claude into everyday office tools. Engadget reports that the company announced Claude Sheets, Claude Meetings and Whiteboards at an event in San Francisco

Sheets creates and edits multi tab spreadsheets with formulas and formatting, flags Claude's edits and exports to Excel. It is in beta for subscribers on web, desktop and mobile

Meetings is an agent that joins calls and takes notes, starting with Google Meet. It posts a notice in the meeting chat, avoids calls with outside guests unless an admin allows it, and leaves if one joins, and it is available for Team and Enterprise plans only

Whiteboards groups brainstorm ideas by theme and drafts action items for each person, in beta for all paid users. Claude Dashboards has been renamed Claude Data and can connect to a CRM, and Claude can now open full third party apps in chat, starting with Adobe, Atlassian and HubSpot, from a marketplace of over 9,000 connectors

Bringing spreadsheets, meetings and whiteboards together puts Claude in direct competition with Google and Microsoft office suites. The meeting agent's privacy rules, like leaving when outside guests join, are a thoughtful touch. Exporting to Excel should make Sheets easy to try without changing existing workflows

Would you use Claude Sheets instead of Excel or Google Sheets? And how do you feel about AI note takers joining meetings?

Anthropic takes on Google and Microsoft with Claude Sheets - Engadgetwww.engadget.com