Anthropic has introduced three new workplace productivity features for its Claude AI platform, expanding its capabilities beyond text generation and coding. The new offerings, Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Data, are designed to help individuals and teams create spreadsheets, brainstorm ideas and analyse business information without constantly switching between different applications.
Announced on November 10, 2026, Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards are launching in beta, while Claude Data, previously known as Claude Dashboards, is now generally available.
The launch reflects Anthropic’s broader strategy to position Claude as a workplace productivity platform that can help users move from ideas to finished business outputs.
Claude Sheets Brings AI Into Spreadsheets
Claude Sheets allows users to create and edit spreadsheets directly within Claude. Instead of manually building a spreadsheet, users can describe what they need through natural-language prompts.
For example, a user can ask Claude to create a campaign tracker, hiring budget or financial forecast. The AI can generate spreadsheets with multiple tabs, formulas, formatting and drop-down menus.
Users can also ask Claude to make changes directly within spreadsheet cells. Each modification is outlined, allowing users to review what has changed. Teams can share their sheets and collaborate with Claude.
The feature currently supports common spreadsheet operations rather than the complete functionality available in Microsoft Excel. Users can export their work in XLSX or CSV formats when they need more advanced spreadsheet capabilities.
Claude Whiteboards Enables Collaborative Brainstorming
Claude Whiteboards introduces a shared digital workspace where individuals and teams can organise ideas with AI assistance.
Users can describe a project, discuss an unstructured plan or add notes during a meeting. Claude can convert these inputs into visual boards containing diagrams, timelines, assigned owners and dates.
Teams can also ask Claude to group ideas by themes and generate action items. Users can select specific sections of a board and ask questions about them.
Once the brainstorming process is complete, the board can be converted into a document or presentation. Users can also continue working in external platforms such as Lucid, Miro and Vani by Zoho.
Claude Data Expands Business Analytics
The third offering, Claude Data, evolves the company’s earlier Claude Dashboards product.
It connects to business data sources such as Amazon Redshift, BigQuery and ClickHouse, allowing organisations to ask questions about their company data and create dashboards.
The platform introduces certified queries, which allow data teams to establish approved definitions for important business metrics. This helps reduce inconsistencies when different teams create reports using the same data.
Other capabilities include data stories, narrated videos, live dashboard sharing, design-system support, caching and version tracking.
Certified queries and live sharing are currently in beta.
Anthropic Expands Its Workplace AI Strategy
All three features are available on Claude’s paid plans, with access through web, desktop and mobile. Claude Data requires a connected data source, such as a data warehouse or CRM.
With these additions, Anthropic is attempting to reduce the gap between asking an AI assistant for help and actually completing work. Rather than copying AI-generated outputs into separate applications, users can create, edit and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and visual workspaces within Claude.
The move also places Claude in more direct competition with established workplace productivity platforms, including Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Summary
Anthropic has launched Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards and Claude Data to expand its AI platform into workplace productivity and business analytics. Sheets supports AI-powered spreadsheet creation, Whiteboards enables collaborative brainstorming, and Data helps organisations analyse and share business metrics. The launch signals Anthropic’s ambition to make Claude a broader workplace platform rather than just a conversational AI assistant.
