Anthropic launches Claude Meetings for real-time collaboration in Google Meet

Anthropic is rolling out Claude Meetings, a new feature that lets teams invite the Claude AI into a Google Meet call and ask it to start a document, build a whiteboard, or pull up information while the conversation is still happening. Participants can edit what Claude produces in real time, so a planning session can end with a draft that the group has already reviewed and refined.

The launch comes as companies race to embed generative AI into everyday work tools. Google introduced its own AI‑powered assistance in Docs and Slides last year, and Microsoft has been pushing Copilot across Teams, Word and Excel. Anthropic, known for its Claude chatbot, has been expanding beyond chat to more integrated workflows. The move follows a surge in demand for AI that can keep up with live collaboration, especially as remote and hybrid work remain the norm. Earlier this year, Anthropic secured a $450 million investment from Google, deepening the partnership that now enables Claude to run inside Google’s meeting platform.

Claude Meetings will be available to Google Workspace customers starting next month, with a phased rollout that begins with enterprise accounts before reaching education and smaller businesses. Anthropic says the feature respects user privacy, storing only the minimal data needed to generate responses and allowing admins to control what the AI can access. Early testers report faster meeting outcomes and fewer follow‑up emails, but privacy advocates warn about the risks of AI handling sensitive discussions. Analysts expect the integration to push other AI vendors to offer similar real‑time assistance, potentially reshaping how meetings are run. If the tool proves reliable, it could become a staple of the modern office, turning minutes‑long discussions into actionable drafts without a separate post‑meeting write‑up.