Anthropic’s enterprise push

Anthropic has pushed deeper into office software, launching a beta Claude add-in for Microsoft Word aimed at Team and Enterprise customers. (claude.com) The Word tool works inside a document instead of a separate chat window, and Anthropic says its edits appear as native tracked changes that users can accept or reject. It supports `.docx` and `.docm` files and can reply in Word comment threads. (claude.com) Microsoft’s marketplace listing says the add-in can read and change documents and send data over the internet. The same listing also shows Anthropic already offers separate Claude add-ins for Excel and PowerPoint. (marketplace.microsoft.com) Anthropic is selling this as document software for people handling contracts, templates and long reports, with features to preserve headings, numbering and defined terms. On its product page, the company says Claude can also carry context across Word, Excel and PowerPoint in one conversation. (claude.com) The Office move lands as Anthropic expands its policy operation in India. On April 8, Indian outlets reported the company hired Amlan Mohanty to lead policy and external affairs there, calling India its second-largest market for Claude.ai. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Mohanty previously worked on public policy at Google India and held roles at the Centre for Responsible AI, Carnegie India and NITI Aayog, according to Press Trust of India reports carried by NDTV Profit and The Economic Times. (ndtvprofit.com) At the same time, Anthropic has been publicly framing one of its unreleased models around risk. Recent coverage described Claude Mythos as delayed after internal testing raised concerns about cyberattack capabilities, while Anthropic emphasized safety in its public messaging. (wbur.org) (gizmodo.com) (theguardian.com) That sequence has overlapped with fresh scrutiny of Anthropic’s capital-markets plans. Bloomberg reported on April 8 that employees sold shares in a secondary deal at the company’s February valuation, but many held on to stock ahead of an initial public offering that was expected as soon as 2026. (bloomberg.com) Taken together, the past week shows Anthropic putting Claude into everyday work tools, building government relationships in a major market, and tightening its public case that faster growth can sit alongside tighter controls. (claude.com) (economictimes.indiatimes.com) (bloomberg.com)