Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.6, targeting finance professionals who rely on precise analysis and complex deliverables. The model is now available to all paid Claude plan subscribers and includes public beta releases of Cowork and Claude in PowerPoint, in addition to updates for Claude in Excel. Cowork is available as a research preview for Mac users, with Windows support planned, and Claude in PowerPoint is accessible for Max, Team, and Enterprise users.
Introducing Claude Opus 4.6. Our smartest model got an upgrade.
— Claude (@claudeai) February 5, 2026
Opus 4.6 plans more carefully, sustains agentic tasks for longer, operates reliably in massive codebases, and catches its own mistakes.
It’s also our first Opus-class model with 1M token context in beta. pic.twitter.com/L1iQyRgT9x
Claude Opus 4.6 demonstrates improvements over its predecessor, Opus 4.5, with more than a 23 percentage point gain in Anthropic’s internal Real-World Finance evaluation.
Claude subscribers can claim $50 worth of credits for TESTING Claude Opus 4.6!
— TestingCatalog News 🗞 (@testingcatalog) February 5, 2026
Claim it 👀
h/t @M1Astra https://t.co/RZoRLqYyF8 pic.twitter.com/UzSLLtpZgD
The model also leads in external benchmarks such as Finance Agent and TaxEval by Vals AI. It excels at handling multi-step financial tasks, executing code, and generating complex documents. Claude Opus 4.6 in Excel now supports features like:
- Pivot table editing
- Chart modifications
- Data validation
- Finance-grade formatting
Meanwhile, Cowork enables direct file manipulation and workflow automation with plugin support.
Claude Opus 4.6 (120K Thinking) on ARC-AGI Semi-Private Eval
— ARC Prize (@arcprize) February 5, 2026
Max Effort:
- ARC-AGI-1: 93.0%, $1.88/task
- ARC-AGI-2: 68.8% $3.64/task
New ARC-AGI SOTA model from @AnthropicAI pic.twitter.com/rfjhpp2B6G
Early feedback from industry CTOs and investment professionals points to substantial gains in speed and accuracy, with some expressing that tasks previously demanding days of work now take minutes. Anthropic, the developer behind Claude, continues to focus on AI-driven tools for the finance sector, with a mission to help organizations automate and accelerate analytical work while maintaining oversight and quality standards.
