Anthropic brings Claude to Google Meet to tackle tasks live

Anthropic announced on Tuesday that it is integrating its Claude assistant into Google Meet, a video conferencing platform, as part of its efforts to embed AI more deeply into daily office tasks. The same day, Anthropic commenced a roadshow for its much-anticipated US initial public offering, aiming to raise up to $64.4 billion at a valuation of $1.02 trillion.

This IPO will serve as a test for investors' appetite for AI and Anthropic's ambitious spending plans. Claude Meetings, the new feature, allows users to invite Claude into video calls where it will appear as a visible participant. Claude will be able to follow the conversation, convert discussions into actionable work in real-time, draft plans, create timelines, and answer questions within the call's chat.

The company explained that Claude Meetings aims to move AI's role in meetings from merely recording or summarizing conversations to actively performing the work that follows the discussion. Users can describe their needs, such as creating an app for their team or a new method to analyze data, and Claude will build it with them. Claude Meetings initially launches in beta for Anthropic's Team and Enterprise customers through Google Meet, though the company intends to expand it to other meeting platforms.

This rollout is part of Anthropic's broader strategy to make Claude an active participant in knowledge work. The company also introduced Claude Whiteboards, enabling teams to transform discussions into timelines and action plans, as well as Claude Sheets and Claude Data.