Claude Science, an AI Workbench for Scientists, Is Now Available

What happened

Anthropic launched Claude Science on June 30, 2026, a specialized AI workbench for researchers. When asked a natural language question, specialist agents query and synthesize across all connected scientific sources simultaneously — no manual tool-switching required.

Context and impact

The platform targets molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, and chemists. Unlike general Claude.ai, Claude Science is optimized for research reproducibility through auditable artifacts. Anthropic also announced an AI for Science grant program with a July 15, 2026 deadline.

Details

• 60+ integrated scientific databases: genomics, single-cell, proteomics, structural biology, cheminformatics
• Produces auditable artifacts for reproducibility
• Flexible access to compute resources from within the app
• Early users: Allen Institute (Jérôme Lecoq), UCSF (Stephen Francis team)
• Grant program: up to 50 projects, each receiving up to $30,000 in credits
• Application deadline: July 15, 2026