Anthropic is bringing its AI into small business tools like QuickBooks and PayPal

The AI company says small businesses account for 44% of U.S. GDP but have lagged behind larger enterprises in AI adoption

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Anthropic launched Claude for Small Business on Wednesday, a package of connectors and automated workflows that puts its Claude assistant inside software tools such as Intuit $INTU QuickBooks, PayPal $PYPL, HubSpot, Canva, DocuSign, Google $GOOGL Workspace, and Microsoft $MSFT 365.

Subscribers access the new features through Claude Cowork, Anthropic's agent-based platform for business users, where a dedicated toggle unlocks the small business capabilities. Once enabled, paying subscribers gain access to a set of 15 pre-built workflows covering areas such as finance, operations, sales, marketing, HR, and customer service, as well as 15 skills targeting the tasks owners identified as their biggest time drains, the company said.

Those tasks include........

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