Anthropic launches Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards to challenge Microsoft and Google

Anthropic has introduced Claude Meetings, a feature that lets its AI assistant join video calls as a visible participant and work on tasks while the discussion is still under way. The tool can take notes in real time, answer questions through the meeting chat, and retrieve information from connected workplace applications.

Claude can also create work plans, develop timelines, and organise assignments during a call. Once the meeting ends, notes, action items and other generated materials remain available in Claude's history for future queries.

“The feature is intended to help teams move directly from discussion to execution rather than waiting until meetings end.”

Alongside the meeting tool, Anthropic launched Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards in beta on November 10. Sheets lets users build spreadsheets with multiple tabs, formulas, formatting and drop-down menus using natural-language instructions, while Whiteboards provides a shared space where teams can group notes, set deadlines and turn ideas into documents or presentations.

The company also made Claude Data, previously called Claude Dashboards, generally available. It connects to business data sources such as data warehouses and customer relationship management systems to produce dashboards and visual presentations.

Anthropic said Claude identifies itself when joining a meeting and will not enter calls with external guests unless an administrator authorises it. The assistant will automatically leave if an external participant joins.

The launches come as Anthropic prepares for a potential initial public offering and puts it in direct competition with Microsoft and Google, both of which already offer AI features across their office applications.

Support for additional subscription plans is expected later, though the sources did not specify a date.