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Welcome back. Anthropic just launched “Claude for Small Business,” a new toggle install that puts Claude inside the tools small business owners already use with 15 ready-to-run workflows for the work that piles up after hours.
Also: Affinity (Canva's free design app) now lets you choose between AI models including Google's Nano Banana 2 across Generate Image and Generative Edit.
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PRODUCTIVITY
🤝 Claude releases "Claude for Small Business"
Claude just shipped “Claude for Small Business,” a new plugin for Claude Cowork that integrates Claude into the tools you already use (QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365) with 15 ready-to-run workflows for the work that piles up after hours.
Note: Every workflow is initiated by you, and you approve the plan before anything sends, posts, or pays. Existing permissions stay in place, and Anthropic doesn't train on your data by default on Team or Enterprise plans.
Running through Claude Cowork, each connected tool can handle a specific job:
PayPal powers settlements, invoicing, disputes, and refunds inside Claude.
Intuit QuickBooks handles payroll planning, the monthly close, and cash flow, along with tools to help you prep for tax season and reconciliation work that touches every other system.
HubSpot runs lead triage, customer pulse, and campaign attribution.
Canva generates content for every channel, with the ability to collaborate and edit with your team, publish assets, and track performance.
DocuSign sends contracts out for signature, tracks status, and files the executed copy back where it belongs.
Try a slash command. Once installed, you can fire off a skill with one line:
/plan-payroll → 30-day cash forecast + drafted invoice reminders.
/run-campaign → finds your slow stretch, drafts the offer, builds the Canva assets, stages the send.
/handle-complaint → reads a customer email, looks up their order, and drafts a reply.
/monday-brief → one page with cash, sales trend, pipeline, this week's calendar, and what most needs you today.
And more!
What's Claude Cowork? Cowork is Anthropic's workspace for non-developers, like a desktop tool that lets Claude actually do things across your files, tabs, and apps instead of just chatting in a window. Claude for Small Business runs inside it.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
📸 Affinity releases “Image Generation”
Affinity (Canva's free, all-in-one design app) now lets you choose between AI models, including Google's “Nano Banana 2,” across Generate Image and Generative Edit.
Model choice means you can pick the right AI for the job (photorealistic edits, illustration, text rendering) instead of being locked into a single engine.
Note: If you have a Canva Premium subscription, you can unlock Canva's full AI toolset (Generative Fill, Generative Expand, Generate Image/Vector, and more) directly inside Affinity for a supercharged workflow.
CODING
📱 ChatGPT adds "Codex" to mobile app
OpenAI just rolled out Codex inside the ChatGPT mobile app on iOS and Android in preview.
Codex is OpenAI's AI coding agent. It writes code, runs tests, fixes bugs, and handles long-running development tasks on your machine. More than 4 million people use it every week, and it's one of the main competitors to Claude Code and Cursor.
Note: Available on all ChatGPT plans (including Free and Go) in all supported regions. Phone-to-Codex currently works with the macOS app, with Windows support coming.
Your phone receives screenshots, terminal output, code diffs, test results, and approval requests in real time. Files, credentials, and local setup stay on the machine where Codex is actually running, so the phone is essentially a secure remote viewer for whatever your laptop is doing.
ADVERTISING
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