Claude Duet AI Agent Small Business Review 2026

Small business team reviewing work on laptops, the morning briefing Claude Duet prepares

Anthropic opened a waitlisted research preview of Claude Duet on October 21, 2026, and this Claude Duet AI agent small business review sorts out what it does, who can use it, what it costs, and where its limits matter. Duet is a proactive agent: instead of waiting for your question, it checks the apps you … Read more

Anthropic’s New Usage Policy (Takes Effect Nov 12): What Changed for Businesses Using Claude

Small business team reviewing Anthropic usage policy November 2026 changes for Claude

If your business uses Claude for drafting, customer replies, research, or anything customer-facing, the Anthropic usage policy November 2026 update takes effect on November 12, 2026. Anthropic published this first substantial rewrite of the policy in more than a year on October 8, 2026; the previous policy remains in force until then. This post explains … Read more

Claude Haiku 5.5: The Cheapest AI Model for Small Business Automation Gets 90% Cheaper

Claude Haiku 5.5, the cheapest AI model for small business automation — robot hand touching an AI network

If you run any AI-powered tool in your business — a support chatbot, an inbox triage bot, a voice answering service — the bill behind it just got rewritten. On October 7, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, calling it “the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model we’ve ever released.” For prompts under 100,000 … Read more