Anthropic launched Claude Science, a new desktop application for macOS and Linux that brings specialized research capabilities to its AI platform. The beta release targets scientific users who need more than conversational assistance, offering tools specifically designed for complex research workflows. Available today for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers, the app extends existing Claude models with purpose-built features.

Claude Science addresses a fundamental limitation of general AI assistants: while they can discuss scientific topics, they cannot execute analysis pipelines, query scientific databases, or maintain session continuity. The app runs analyses end-to-end, searches databases, and documents every step from data processing to publication-ready results. It manages compute environments per research specialist and maintains full provenance tracking for reproducible science.

Preloaded specialists cover genomics, single-cell analysis, proteomics, structural biology, and cheminformatics. Native connections to over 60 scientific databases enable direct data access, while integration with NVIDIA's Bio NeMo Agent Toolkit links to specialized models like Evo 2 and Boltz-2. Users can run full analyses on their own infrastructure rather than relying on cloud-only solutions.

The application represents Anthropic's push into vertical AI applications, recognizing that researchers need computational tools alongside conversational intelligence. By combining Claude's language capabilities with domain-specific infrastructure, the company aims to streamline scientific workflows that typically require multiple disconnected tools and manual orchestration.