Anthropic has launched some big updates for its AI assistant Claude, introducing Microsoft Excel integration and new financial-focused agent skills. It is said to make Claude more useful for professionals working in investment, banking, and research roles.
Claude for Excel is launching in beta as a research preview. It allows users to work directly with Claude inside Microsoft Excel through a sidebar. Within this interface, Claude can read, analyze, modify, and create Excel workbooks. It also tracks every change it makes, providing transparency and easy navigation to the referenced cells. The feature is available to Claude Max, Enterprise, and Teams users, with the company initially testing it with around 1,000 participants before expanding access more broadly.
