Anthropic: Claude Joins the Meeting with Charts, Sheets, and Data

Anthropic rolls out new work tools around Claude, from meeting notes to whiteboards, spreadsheets, and dashboards. The publisher sets different activation conditions depending on the offers and details usage limits in regulated environments. This move is part of the race for productivity software against OpenAI and references like Google Workspace.

Default Activation and Restrictions by Offer

In the Team offers, the Whiteboards, Sheets, and Data features are activated by default. For Enterprise customers, only Claude Data will be automatically activated starting November 19, while Whiteboards and Sheets will remain disabled by default, with settings adjustable in Artifacts. Regarding Meetings, the default activation applies to Team plans, while administrators of Enterprise offers determine who has access. Anthropic specifies that Meetings will not function in organizations configured with zero data retention (ZDR), in HIPAA-ready mode, or with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK).

Claude in Meetings: Note-taking and Live Updates

Anthropic plans to enable Claude to join team meetings and engage in real-time on discussed topics. The Meetings module is expected to offer note-taking and document updates during conversations, with availability announced for Team and Enterprise plans. Safeguards are in place: Claude will not join a call with external guests without an administrator's permission and will leave the call if an external guest joins. At this stage, Gemini on Google Meet is limited to transcription, note-taking, and action identification, without proactive contribution.

Whiteboards and Sheets: From Sketch to .xlsx or CSV Export

The Whiteboards feature is available in beta. Claude can transform an informal discussion into a structured table with timelines, responsible parties, and dates, group notes into themes and action items, with a recommendation to verify the result before finalization. This output can become a presentation, a document, or be exported to other tools. For Sheets, Claude can generate shareable spreadsheets from a simple prompt and edit cells with change tracking. Anthropic indicates that this component does not yet fully replace traditional spreadsheets. Files can be exported in .xlsx or CSV format, with the possibility of using Claude for Excel, and integrations with Airtable, Asana, monday.com, and Smartsheet.

Data: Queries on Redshift or ClickHouse and Live Sharing

The tool previously named Dashboards is now called Data, following a beta phase last month. It queries enterprise data through external services such as Amazon Redshift and ClickHouse, offers traceable modifications, and speeds up loading through caching. According to Anthropic, the goal is to standardize metrics to avoid contradictions, to bring data narratives to light, and to establish a live source of truth accessible to all. With live sharing, colleagues see updated figures upon opening a shared dashboard even without having the connectors, and viewers are limited to approved queries without the ability to execute others with the creator's access.

Focus on Enterprise Against OpenAI and Workspace-like Usage

Anthropic initially targeted enterprise customers while OpenAI favored consumer offerings, although both are now converging towards productivity software for large organizations. Anthropic recently launched a personal finance tool that positions itself against OpenAI's equivalent on the consumer side. In September, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Space during its Dev Day, a set of document and slide tools reminiscent of Google Workspace, after Anthropic consolidated its creation functions into a single hub. The publisher highlights an interface designed to start deliverables directly from Claude rather than through separate applications. The new features presented for paid accounts align with this logic similar to Google Workspace usage.