Anthropic Launches a Marketplace to Simplify Enterprise AI Buying
Anthropic launched the Claude Marketplace on 6 March 2026, allowing enterprise customers to apply existing Claude API spending commitments toward third-party applications built on Claude. Launch partners include Snowflake, GitLab, Harvey, Replit, and Lovable Labs. Anthropic is taking no commission at launch, positioning itself as an enterprise procurement layer rather than just a model provider.
Microsoft Copilot Cowork Turns Requests into Automated Workflows
Microsoft introduced Copilot Cowork on 9 March 2026, an AI execution layer inside Microsoft 365 that converts plain-language requests into multi-step automated task plans. Grounded in a team's real Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Files data, it runs tasks in the background and waits for approval at checkpoints before applying changes. The feature launches in limited Research Preview now, with broader access and a new $99 per user per month Microsoft 365 E7 plan from May 2026.