Anthropic brings Claude to Google Meet for live task assistance

Anthropic announced Tuesday it is integrating its Claude AI assistant into Google Meet, enabling the assistant to participate in video calls and perform tasks in real time. The move aims to embed AI more deeply into everyday office workflows. Called Claude Meetings, the feature lets users add Claude as a visible participant that follows conversations, drafts plans, creates timelines, and answers questions in the chat. It shifts AI's role from summarizing discussions to executing follow-up work during the call, launching in beta for Team and Enterprise customers. The announcement came as Anthropic began a roadshow for its US initial public offering, targeting up to $64.4 billion in fundraising at a $1.02 trillion valuation. The company also introduced Claude Whiteboards, Sheets, and Data tools to expand its AI's role in knowledge work.