Anthropic brings Claude Cowork to mobile and web as usage data shows most users aren’t coding
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Anthropic’s data that most Cowork usage isn’t coding — paired with a mobile/web rollout — underscores that the near-term TAM is knowledge workers, not just developers. If you’re building AI products, prioritize integrations with document, email, and project tools over deeper IDE features unless you’re all-in on dev tooling.
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