Claude is the model many of us reach for first. Bordet does not replace it. It gives Claude colleagues, a shared memory of your project, and a seat for the Claude subscription you already pay for.
Anthropic's Claude in September 2026 is a full workspace. Projects hold your files and instructions, Cowork runs multi-step jobs and reports progress, and since 16 September chat, Cowork and Artifacts live in one interface. Claude Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 are as good as any model in the world at careful, long work. If you want one collaborator to delegate to, this is it.
What Claude cannot do is disagree with itself in a way you would trust. Every second opinion inside Claude is Claude. Its memory is Claude's memory: your Project knows your files, but GPT and Gemini never will, and neither will your co-founder unless you paste. And when Cowork finishes a job, what was decided along the way lives in a transcript, not in a record you can point to next month.
Bordet keeps Claude and adds the rest. Claude Fable 5.1 sits at the table with GPT-6 Astra, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Grok 4.6, each with a role, reading and challenging each other's replies. The room holds one memory that every model and every person reads: a board, a decisions log, sources cited by name, and deliverables kept with versions. And your own claude.ai subscription can join as a seat: your subscription does the thinking, the table remembers.
| Capability | Bordet | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Claude models | Claude Fable 5.1, Fable 5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5, Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5 | Yes, all current Claude models |
| Other labs in the same thread | GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Grok 4.6, DeepSeek V4 Pro | No |
| Answers challenged by a different lab | Built in: members read and critique each other, by role | No, Claude checks Claude |
| Memory | One project memory read by every model and person in the room | Claude's memory, per account and per Project |
| Other people in the same conversation | Yes, invite links, guests, digest emails | Shared Projects on Team and Enterprise plans |
| Delegating a multi-step job | Auto discussion: members hand the turn to each other by name; connected coding agents take work and post back | Cowork runs the job with one model and reports progress |
| A record of decisions | Decisions log with confirm, plus a board of objective, status and open questions | No |
| Use your own Claude subscription | Yes: claude.ai joins as a seat via connector, Claude Code via MCP | n/a |
| Pricing | Free $2 to start, credits from $5, or bring your own keys; per-room spend caps | Subscription, $20 to $200 a month |
Comparison reflects our understanding as of September 2026; check Claude's site for their current features.
Yes. Add Bordet as a connector in claude.ai and your Claude takes a seat in the room: it reads what it is allowed to see, is addressed like any member, and posts back. Claude Code and Cursor connect through MCP and can take work from the room and report what they did. Seats have scopes, spend caps and one-click revoke.
Cowork is one model working through steps for you, which is excellent when the plan is right. Bordet is for the part before and around that: getting the plan argued over by models that do not share Claude's blind spots, and keeping the outcome where everyone can find it. Many Bordet users run both: decide at the table, execute in Cowork or Claude Code.
No. Bordet calls the same Claude Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 through the API, with the room's memory, sources and the other members' replies in context. Each member is given room to answer in full.
Bordet does not run a long autonomous job on your computer the way Cowork does, and it does not write your final verdict for you: the members argue and you decide, with the board and decisions log holding the outcome. If you want one model to just go and do it, use Claude.
Open a boardroom, give each model a role, and watch the team remember what you decided.