Anthropic is bringing Claude into shared spreadsheets, whiteboards and live meetings, putting it in closer competition with its backers Microsoft and Google, Bloomberg reports. The company unveiled Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Meetings in San Francisco on November 10, 2026. Funding the AI lab and competing with it are apparently a package deal. SourceSource
The rollout targets workers beyond Anthropic’s established coding audience, ahead of an expected IPO later in November. SourceSource
Don’t send Excel a farewell card yet. Nicholas Lin, an Anthropic product leader, told Bloomberg that Claude Sheets is a “fairly basic” experience and isn’t aimed at advanced work such as financial modeling. For those tasks, he said, Anthropic’s plug-ins for existing spreadsheet software would be more effective. Source
Spreadsheets and whiteboards join the chat
Anthropic says teams can ask Claude Sheets to build something like a campaign tracker or hiring budget, then keep editing the spreadsheet together. Files support multiple tabs, formulas, formatting and dropdown menus. Claude can edit cells alongside human collaborators and explain its changes; Engadget also reports support for exporting files to Excel. SourceSource
Claude Whiteboards takes a similar approach to planning. Anthropic says teams can talk through ideas while Claude organizes a shared board with timelines and deadlines. People can edit the board together, and Claude can turn it into a document or slide deck afterward. Whiteboards can also build during a Claude Meeting. Source
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