Anthropic has unveiled Claude Science, a new AI workbench designed to bring computational research into a single, streamlined environment. Instead of switching between databases, pipelines, and separate tools, scientists can manage their work in one place.
The company emphasizes that this is not a new model and does not offer a biology-specific upgrade. Claude Science runs on the same Claude models already available, including Claude Opus 4.8, with no special access requirements.
Built on top of Anthropic's earlier Claude for Life Sciences initiative, the platform is positioned as a dedicated workspace for research teams. It connects to more than 60 scientific databases and includes toolkits for areas such as genomics, protein structure, and chemistry.
At the center of the system is a main assistant that can coordinate tasks, create sub-assistants, and hand work to custom expert agents. A separate fact-checking layer reviews citations and calculations before results are prepared for publication. The platform also supports reproducibility by saving the code, environment, and message history behind generated figures.
Anthropic says the workbench can also run on a lab's own infrastructure, helping keep data within existing research environments. Early users have already applied it to build a genome browser and a multi-agent review pipeline in a fraction of the usual time.
Claude Science is now in beta for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users. Anthropic is also offering support for up to 50 research projects with credits of up to $30,000, focusing on postdoctoral and graduate work in biomedical research. The move signals a future where AI may increasingly shape the workflow layer of science, not just the models behind it.