Anthropic today launched Claude Science, an AI workbench designed specifically for scientists and researchers. The announcement came with the release of Claude Sonnet 5, solidifying the day as one of the company’s biggest in 2026.
Available in public beta for subscribers of Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, Claude Science promises to unify the fragmented ecosystem of scientific research tools into a single AI-controlled environment.
Scientific researchers deal with dozens of data sources — each with its own schema and query language — file formats requiring specific pipelines and viewers, and an arsenal of tools including PubMed, Jupyter, R, and cluster terminals. Moving between these systems consumes time and introduces error.