Anthropic updates Claude Cowork tool for the average office worker

kept by eddie feb 25

Anthropic releases connectors and plugins for Claude Cowork, making the enterprise AI tool compatible with Google Drive, Gmail, DocuSign, and FactSet.

The Shift to Multiplayer Work: Say Hello to Slackbot’s MCP Client
Slack launches an MCP client for Slackbot, enabling a single conversational interface to connect fragmented enterprise tools and shift work from private silos to shared team channels.
also on DocuSign, #enterprise, #productivity
Agents for financial services
Anthropic releases ten agent templates for finance, Microsoft 365 add-ins, and new data connectors, all powered by Claude Opus 4.7.
also on FactSet, #enterprise, Anthropic, #ai-agents, #productivity, #ai
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A market analyst argues that AI agents will systematically dismantle the five core moats protecting vertical SaaS companies, potentially causing a structural collapse in software valuations.
also on FactSet, #ai
Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent sandbox with a transactional, versioned filesystem
Tilde.run provides versioned, transactional sandboxes for AI agents, enabling rollbacks on code, S3 data, and Drive files with audited network calls.
also on Google Drive, #ai-agents
AI Gains Starting to Show in the Real Economy
A 4.9% productivity jump in US Q3 2025 nonfarm business sector, with output up 5.4% and hours only 0.5%, may signal early AI-driven economic gains.
also on Claude Cowork, #enterprise, Anthropic, #business-strategy, #ai-agents, #ai