By Daniel Howley
Publication Date: 2026-03-09 13:00:00
Microsoft (MSFT) is bringing Anthropic’s (ANTH.PVT) Claude Cowork to its Microsoft 365 Copilot AI platform. Called Copilot Cowork, the service, which Microsoft said it developed in close collaboration with Anthropic, can perform tasks on behalf of enterprise users, such as building presentations, pulling data into Excel spreadsheets, and emailing co-workers to set up meetings.
The update arms Microsoft with the AI platform that rocked the software-as-a-service industry last month, sending shares of stalwarts like Salesforce (CRM), ServiceNow (NOW), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and Intuit (INTU) plummeting.
And while they’ve recovered some of those losses, the stocks are still down since Anthropic debuted Cowork on Jan. 30.
For Microsoft, the update adds agentic capabilities to its existing AI offerings, expanding Microsoft 365’s overall usefulness and driving further enterprise adoption.
The company said it’s continuing to see success in AI sales, with paid Microsoft…