Anthropic targets SMBs with new Claude for Small Business suite

anthropic launched claude for small business, a feature set within claude cowork designed to move small companies beyond basic chat interfaces by automating bookkeeping, insights, and ad campaigns. the suite integrates with popular software like quickbooks, canva, docusign, hubspot, and paypal to support multi-step workflows. this move expands the ai platform wars downmarket, following openai's earlier enterprise push, targeting the 44% of us gdp contributed by small businesses. anthropic will promote the tools through a 10-city tour offering free ai training to local business leaders.