News Summary

• Anthropic launched an AI tool specifically for small businesses in May.
• Since then, it says it's garnered 900,000 installations for the Claude for Small Business plugin.
• It's planning a new slate of workshops to boost its adoption, and training people to spread the Claude gospel.
• Small businesses present a major opportunity for mass adoption, as they employ more than 45% of the private sector's workers and account for 44% of u.s. GDP.
• The share of small businesses that use generative AI jumped from 23% in 2023 to 58% in 2025, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce.