Microsoft unveils Copilot Cowork agents built on Anthropic’s AI and E7 AI product suite as it seeks to calm investor concerns about AI eating SaaS

Microsoft has announced a new set of products to get enterprise customers to build AI agents on its platform, including a new Copilot Cowork product built on top of Anthropic’s AI product Claude Cowork and a new business productivity software bundle that includes its own AI offerings.

The new products, which Microsoft is calling “Wave 3 of Microsoft 365 Copilot,” come as the software giant seeks to combat increased competition in the AI agent space both from rival business productivity software companies...