Anthropic launches Claude Sheets, Whiteboards, Meetings and Data

Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot, has expanded its productivity tools for knowledge workers. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, it released Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards in beta, and made its dashboard tool generally available under a new name, Claude Data.

New office tools

Claude Sheets can make a spreadsheet with tabs, formulas, formatting, and drop-down menus, often from one prompt. Claude changes the cells directly, and colleagues can work on the same sheet together. Anthropic describes the sheets as having "simple spreadsheet functionality" for now and suggests exporting files to .xlsx or CSV for users who need everything Excel can do.

Claude Whiteboard is a shared canvas for coworkers to use while brainstorming. Teams can discuss ideas and Claude turns this into a board with a timeline, task owners, and due dates. It is currently in beta for paid Claude plans and is available in web, mobile, and desktop. Customers on Claude Team and Enterprise plans can also access whiteboards inside Claude Meetings.

Claude Data, previously called Claude Dashboards, is a tool for creating interactive visual charts and reports and is now generally available. Both Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards are included in paid Claude subscriptions.

Claude Meetings

Claude Meetings lets users add Claude to video meetings, where it takes notes, answers questions in the call’s chat interface, retrieves information from connected apps, and creates project plans and timelines. After a call, notes and action items are available in claude.ai, the browser-based version of Claude.

The feature will launch in beta for customers with Claude Team and Enterprise payment plans “soon.” It will be available on Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, an Anthropic spokesperson said. The feature is on by default for Claude Team customers and requires admin approval to attend calls including external guests; if approval is not granted, it will leave the meeting.

Microsoft context

Microsoft sells Excel as part of Microsoft 365, a business that pulled in about $111 billion in revenue for the software giant's fiscal 2026, which ended June 30. Microsoft 365's commercial and consumer businesses brought in around a third of the $332 billion of revenue Microsoft reported for fiscal 2026. Under the old setup, the productivity and business processes segment made $83.9 billion in operating income in fiscal 2026, up 20% from a year earlier.

Why it matters

Anthropic is moving Claude from a question-answering tool to a workplace where teams do their work, according to Craig Durr, chief analyst at The Collab Collective. The new tools put Claude in competition with office productivity suites and meeting assistants such as Copilot in Microsoft Teams, Zoom My Notes, and Webex’s meeting agent.

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Sources

• finance.yahoo.com: Anthropic Now Makes Its Own Spreadsheet Software. Here's What I'd Do With Microsoft Stock.
• computerworld.com: Anthropic targets workplace collaboration with Claude Meetings – Computerworld

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