ANTHROPIC
This is bigger than “AI can make slides”
Anthropic has launched Claude Design, a new experimental tool that lets users create things like prototypes, slide decks, and one-pagers with Claude.
It’s aimed at people like founders and product managers who may not have a design background but still need a quick way to turn ideas into visuals.
Users start by describing what they want, and Claude creates a first draft. From there, they can tweak it by making direct edits or asking for changes.
That could include changing colours, adjusting typography, or adding features like a dark mode toggle.
The launch might sound a bit like Canva, but Anthropic says Claude Design is meant to work with design tools, not replace them.
The idea is to help people go from concept to visual faster, especially if they are not starting in a design platform.
Projects can be exported as PDFs, URLs, or PPTX files, or sent to Canva for more editing and team collaboration.
In brief:
A tool inside Claude for making visual assets like presentations and prototypes.
People and teams who need design help without starting in a full design tool.
It shows Anthropic is pushing further into AI tools built for work.
Visuals at speed
Anthropic also says the tool can apply a company’s design system across projects, so everything stays visually consistent.
It does this by reading a company’s codebase and design files. Teams can also manage more than one design system.
Claude Design is powered by Claude Opus 4.7 and is available in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users.
The launch is part of Anthropic’s wider push into workplace AI, as competition in productivity tools continues to grow.
It also comes just days after Bloomberg reported that investors had floated a funding round that could value the company at $800 billion or more, though Anthropic is reportedly not interested at this stage.
Canva is now in code red. - MV