Anthropic links AI agent with tools for investment banking, HR
By Rachel Metz, Bloomberg
Anthropic PBC is expanding the reach of its Claude chatbot into new sectors, weeks after the startup sparked a market meltdown with the release of tools that raised questions about AI’s potential to render entire businesses obsolete.
The company unveiled new AI tools on Tuesday for its Claude Cowork agent software that are designed to automate work in fields including human resources, investment banking and design. Anthropic said they were developed with partner companies, such as a plug-in created with financial data provider FactSet Research Systems Inc.During a livestreamed event on Tuesday, Anthropic said it’s also letting business customers customize plug-ins to suit the standards of their organizations. A large share of Anthropic’s new customization offerings target the finance industry, with new plugins tailored for financial analysis, equity research, private equity and wealth management. Stocks across a wide range of sectors saw quick swings during the Anthropic event. Spotify Technology SA shares jumped as much as 3% after an on screen mention, before giving up those gains and turning lower. Meanwhile, financial data and service providers soared. FactSet, S&P Global Inc. and Moody’s Corp. all climbed at least 2%.
Scott White, Anthropic’s head of product for Claude AI models, said the company aims to bridge a gap between the ways people use AI to answer work-related queries and the tools they use to do specific work. He said it’s a “little bit of an overreach or overreaction” to connect market performance to a single product release, and that the company’s AI models are helping its business customers grow.
Anthropic customer Novo Nordisk A/S customized a tool for employees responsible for clinical study reports — documents that can run up to 300 pages and are required by regulators for new medicines. A single report historically took months to produce; staff writers averaged a little more than two reports a year. The company built a platform with Claude tailored to this workflow and says it has cut a 10-week process to one completed in just 10 minutes.
Anthropic has more than 300,000 business customers who use its models to streamline workplace responsibilities, particularly in the field of computer programming where it has emerged as a market leader with its AI coding assistant, Claude Code.
The company recently raised a new round of funding at a $380 billion valuation.
–With assistance from Matt Turner and Jo Constantz.
(Story updated with market moves and details from event.)
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