Anthropic and Databricks roll out new AI productivity tools for knowledge workers
Anthropic released Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards in beta, extending its Claude suite for non‑technical staff, while Claude Data becomes generally available across all paid plans. The company also added interactive connectors for HubSpot, Adobe and Atlassian apps. A day later, Databricks launched a set of agentic AI tools that continuously analyse and organise enterprise data, with its updated Genie assistant operating in the background and an Ontology feature that maps organisational structures. Both firms aim to embed AI deeper into everyday workflows for knowledge workers.
Key facts
- Claude Meetings is limited to Teams and Enterprise subscriptions, while Sheets is open to all paid plans.
- Anthropic product manager Nicholas Lin said the company is focusing on knowledge workers as the next AI adopters.
- Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi claims he uses the new agents every hour of the day.
- Databricks is valued at $190 billion.
Summarised with AI from 2 sourcesRead our AI policy
Why it matters
The tools signal a shift toward AI‑driven productivity for corporate knowledge workers.
What changed
First published from The Verge and Fortune