Three moves this week pushed autonomous agents further into real work.
Claude Cowork goes enterprise
On February 24, Anthropic launched Claude Cowork — its desktop knowledge-work agent — to enterprise, adding connectors for Google Drive, Gmail, DocuSign, and FactSet, plus customizable domain plugins (financial analysis, engineering, HR). It's the "agent that does the office work," not just chat.
Perplexity Computer
On February 27, Perplexity launched Perplexity Computer, a multi-model "general-purpose digital worker" that orchestrates ~19 models (Claude, Gemini, GPT, Grok…), spawns subagents, and runs long-horizon workflows in the cloud (on the $200/mo Max tier). It's a clear bet that no single model wins — the value is in orchestration.
GitHub Copilot opens Claude and Codex to more devs
On February 26, GitHub made third-party Claude and Codex coding agents generally available to Copilot Business & Pro (previously Enterprise/Pro+ only), running in github.com, GitHub Mobile, and VS Code under the now-GA Agent Control Plane.
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Sources: Claude Cowork (CNBC) · Perplexity Computer (TechCrunch) · Copilot opens Claude/Codex (GitHub)