What is Claude?

Meet your AI thinking partner—a digital companion that helps you write, code, and create.

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User Sends Ideas &
Questions
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Claude AI Thinking
Engine
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Results Answers, Drafts,
& Code

What can you do?

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Chat

Quick conversations to brainstorm topics, summarize long articles, or just ask simple questions.

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Cowork

Upload your files, PDFs, or photos and Claude will help you analyze them and extract insights.

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Code

Build websites, debug applications, or learn how to write your first line of Python with help.

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Wait, what?

Imagine Claude is like a really smart friend who has read almost every book in the world. When you ask it something, it doesn't just search for a link; it thinks through everything it knows to give you a custom answer.

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Big idea

Claude is a thinking partner, not just a search engine. While Google finds pages, Claude helps you process information, refine your own ideas, and build things from scratch.

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Try this!

Ready to see it in action? Open Claude and type: "Can you explain how a black hole works using only five-letter words?"

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