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Anthropic launches Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards in beta

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Anthropic launches Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards in beta

At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled three new tools for non-technical workers who spend much of their time in meetings, brainstorming and analyzing metrics: Claude Meetings, Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards. According to The Verge, they let Claude join a meeting, take notes, lay out ideas on a shared whiteboard, edit spreadsheets alongside employees, or turn a presentation into a one-minute explainer video. The new "Artifacts," Anthropic's version of a graphical UI, arrive two and a half years after Artifacts first debuted, and join existing tools such as Claude Docs, Slides, Design and Motion.

All three new tools are in beta. Whiteboards and Sheets are open to all paid plans; Meetings is limited to Teams and Enterprise subscriptions. Anthropic also said Claude Data, formerly called Claude Dashboards when it entered beta in October, is now generally available to all paid plans.

Anthropic also introduced interactive connectors that let users open apps from partner companies, such as HubSpot, Adobe and Atlassian, inside Claude. Examples include a native Adobe PDF editor and a HubSpot marketing campaign tracker running inside Claude itself. Anthropic launched Model Context Protocol about two years ago, and its marketplace of tools has grown to more than 9,000 plugin options. Nicholas Lin, who works on product at Anthropic, says the company now wants to make those connections much deeper, so users do not have to switch tabs to reach the services they use every day and can embed them in Claude instead.

Lin told The Verge in a pre-briefing that Claude Code "changed how engineers work a year ago," and that knowledge workers are now "the gap we're hoping to close." He said there is still a lot of friction in adopting AI for non-developers. He described Claude Cowork, another Anthropic tool for non-engineers, as essentially a wrapper for Claude Code, aimed at the "technical parts of [Anthropic's] non-technical audience." The new tools are some of the company's first native products for non-technical knowledge workers.

The Verge places the launch in a competitive context. Google's Gemini can join meetings and take live notes, and so can OpenAI's ChatGPT in some cases, through its "record" feature. Gemini is also good at spreadsheets thanks to Google Sheets, and Google has many interactive connectors for its office suite. At OpenAI's DevDay last month, OpenAI leaned further into integrated apps and connectors to make its new Dots agents more useful. The Verge says Anthropic is following in some of those footsteps while trying to gain ground in the AI agent race.

The Verge also ties the push to Anthropic's IPO. The company is under pressure to generate more revenue and drive more product engagement ahead of a listing that is slated to potentially be the most valuable public debut of all time, and investors want to see a viable path to profit.

Key facts

  • Anthropic unveiled Claude Meetings, Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards at a San Francisco event on Tuesday; all three are in beta.
  • Whiteboards and Sheets are available on all paid plans; Meetings is limited to Teams and Enterprise subscriptions.
  • Claude Data, formerly Claude Dashboards (beta in October), is now generally available to all paid plans.
  • New interactive connectors open partner apps from HubSpot, Adobe and Atlassian inside Claude, building on a Model Context Protocol marketplace of more than 9,000 plugin options.
  • The Verge frames the launch as Anthropic courting white-collar workers ahead of its IPO, following Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, which can also join meetings and take notes.

Why it matters

Anthropic has been known for enterprise and coding tools, and Claude Code is the product that Nicholas Lin says changed how engineers work. These launches are among its first native products for non-technical knowledge workers; Claude Cowork, its earlier tool for non-engineers, is essentially a wrapper for Claude Code. The Verge reads the move as Anthropic widening its footprint ahead of an IPO and following rivals: Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT can already join meetings and take notes, and OpenAI pushed integrated apps and connectors at DevDay last month.

Who it affects

The tools target non-technical workers who spend a lot of time attending meetings, brainstorming and analyzing metrics. Access depends on plan: Whiteboards and Sheets for all paid plans, Meetings for Teams and Enterprise customers only. Claude Data is open to all paid plans. Partner companies such as HubSpot, Adobe and Atlassian are affected through the new connectors, which embed their apps in Claude.

How to use it

Whiteboards and Sheets are in beta on any paid plan; Meetings is in beta on Teams and Enterprise. In practice, Claude can join a meeting and take notes, lay out ideas on a shared whiteboard, edit a spreadsheet next to you, or turn a presentation into a one-minute explainer video. With the interactive connectors, you can open something like a native Adobe PDF editor or a HubSpot marketing campaign tracker inside Claude without switching tabs. No pricing for any of the new tools is given.

How solid is it

This is a first-party launch reported by The Verge, with Nicholas Lin of Anthropic's product team speaking in a pre-briefing. Availability details (beta status, plan tiers, Claude Data going generally available) come straight from the announcement as reported. The source gives no usage, customer or revenue figures for the new tools, and does not say which models power them. No calendar date for the event is given, only Tuesday.

Risks and caveats

All three headline tools are still in beta, and no release timeline for general availability of Whiteboards, Sheets or Meetings is given beyond "now available in beta." The Verge notes that competitors already offer meeting notes, spreadsheet help and connectors, so Anthropic is catching up in places. It also points to investor pressure for a viable path to profit. No IPO date, valuation or amount is given.

“I think there’s still a lot of friction when it comes to adopting AI for non-developers,”

— Nicholas Lin, who works on product at Anthropic, to The Verge