Anthropic Launches Claude Duet, a New AI Agent

Anthropic has announced Claude Duet, an AI agent designed for professionals and small business owners. According to Anthropic, it is launching as a "research preview," signaling that the product is still being shaped by early feedback. It will be available as a standalone app on iOS and Android and through Claude on the web.

The positioning matters. Anthropic is framing Claude Duet as a direct competitor to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots, which suggests the agent market is moving quickly from concept to competing products. For businesses, the appeal of AI agents is the promise of handling multi-step tasks rather than just answering questions.

For professionals and small business owners, the practical question is where an agent like this fits into existing workflows, and what it needs to be trusted with. Teams that track these launches early will be better placed to evaluate tools on their merits.