Summary
On July 4, 2026 Anthropic launched Claude Science in beta, a multi-agent AI workbench for scientists that runs reproducible pipelines across genomics, proteomics, and cheminformatics and connects to specialized data and tools through MCP connectors.
What changed
Anthropic released Claude Science (beta), a workbench where multiple Claude agents run reproducible scientific pipelines in genomics, proteomics, and cheminformatics, extensible through MCP connectors to external scientific datasets and tools.
Why it matters
It pushes Claude beyond coding and knowledge work into regulated, reproducibility-sensitive scientific research and makes MCP the plug for third-party scientific data, positioning Anthropic against domain-specific tools and general assistants in life sciences and R&D.
Evidence excerpt
Anthropic Launches Claude Science Beta: A Multi-Agent AI Workbench for Reproducible Genomics, Proteomics, and Cheminformatics Pipelines.