Collaborate Disseminate
Last October as Slack was preparing for its virtual Frontiers conference, the company began thinking about different ways people could communicate on the platform. While it had built its name on being able to integrate a lot of services in a single place to alleviate the dreaded task-switching phenomenon, it has been largely text-based up […] Continue reading Slack wants to be more than a text-based messaging platform
When Salesforce bought Slack earlier this week for $27.7 billion, it was in some ways the end of a startup fairytale. Slack was the living embodiment of the Silicon Valley startup success fantasy. It started as a pivot from a game company, of all things. It raised $1.4 billion, went from zero to a $7 […] Continue reading Why Slack and Salesforce execs think they’re better together
A lot of “partnerships” between tech companies don’t get very far beyond a press release and maybe some half-hearted co-selling attempts. When Atlassian sold its chat services to Slack in 2018, the two companies said they would form a new partnership and with Atlassian leaving the chat space, a lot of people were skeptical about […] Continue reading Slack and Atlassian deepen their partnership with deeper integrations
Slack and Amazon announced a big integration late yesterday afternoon. As part of the deal, Slack will use Amazon Chime for its call feature, while reiterating its commitment to use AWS as its preferred cloud provider to run its infrastructure. At the same time, AWS has agreed to use Slack for internal communications. Make no […] Continue reading Slack’s new integration deal with AWS could also be about tweaking Microsoft
When Slack first launched in 2013, the product was quickly embraced by developers, and the early product reflected that. To get at advanced tools, you used a slash (/) command, but the company recognizes that as it moves deeper into the enterprise, it needed to simplify the interface. Today, the company introduced a newly designed […] Continue reading Slack introduces simplified interface as usage moves deeper into companies
How a whimsical online game became an enterprise software giant. Continue reading The Slack origin story
Slack discloses latest earnings, plans NYSE direct listing for June 20. Continue reading Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO
Slack will make its pitch to prospective shareholders on Monday at an invite-only event in New York City. Continue reading Slack to live stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
Slack had added Edith Cooper, who most recently served as the global head of human capital management at Goldman Sachs, to its board of directors. As Slack prepares “for accelerated growth at scale,” Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield wrot… Continue reading Slack adds Edith Cooper to board of directors
In a blog post this morning Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announced the company is naming long-time employee Allen Shim as the company’s first CFO. “Today, I’m excited to announce another milestone: Allen Shim has been appointed… Continue reading Slack names Allen Shim as company’s first CFO