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Anthropic is launching a new package for small businesses, betting that mom and pop shops, solo entrepreneurs and lean teams are the next big market for AI agents.

Why it matters: After spending years chasing enterprise contracts and consumer adoption, AI labs are now racing to win over small businesses — a challenging and largely untapped market defined by limited staffs and little time to experiment.