Claude Dispatch: What Anthropic's Remote AI Assistant Means for Your Business

Two days ago, I was sitting in my truck waiting for a meeting when I pulled out my phone and told Claude to reorganize an entire client folder on my desktop back at the office. By the time I walked into the meeting, it was done. That is Claude Dispatch in action, and it changes the calculus on how marketing teams can use AI. On March 17, 2026, Anthropic launched Claude Dispatch as part of its expanded Cowork mode , turning Claude into a remote AI assistant that takes instructions from your phone and executes them on your desktop computer. If you run a business or manage marketing operations, this is worth paying attention to. Here is what you need to know and, more importantly, what it actually means for your workflow. What Is Claude Dispatch? Claude Dispatch is a research preview feature within Anthropic's Cowork platform that creates a persistent, encrypted conversation between the Claude mobile app on your phone and the Claude Desktop application on your computer. You send instructi