Articles about Slack

Read AI raises $21M from Goodwater and Madrona, adds AI summaries for email and messaging

Artificial intelligence startup Read AI raised $21 million in new funding from Goodwater Capital and Madrona Venture Group, and expanded… Read More

Microsoft will unbundle Teams in Europe in response to antitrust probe

Microsoft will no longer include Microsoft Teams in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 for its primary business customers in the… Read More

After selling last startup to ZoomInfo, SAP and Microsoft vet raises $5M for new Seattle company

The news: Worknet, a startup helping enterprises integrate external communication into Slack and Microsoft Teams, emerged from stealth mode and… Read More

Salesforce stops reporting individual revenue figures for Slack and Tableau

Salesforce said it would no longer divulge the individual revenue numbers of acquired companies including Slack and Tableau in its… Read More

Salesforce revenue up 24%; Tableau up 18%; Benioff sees little impact from economic turmoil

Salesforce revenue rose 24% to $7.4 billion in quarterly results that investors were watching closely for clues about the direction… Read More

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Tableau’s new CEO Mark Nelson on life inside Salesforce, and the company’s future in Seattle

Seattle-based Tableau Software is no longer an independent publicly traded company, but it’s back under the watchful eyes of Wall… Read More

Salesforce discloses Tableau results for first time since $15.7B deal, offering new Slack clues

Seattle-based Tableau Software generated $394 million in revenue for Salesforce in its first fiscal quarter, up 38% from a year… Read More

Shuffl helps create new social interactions on Slack to ‘spark joy’ between coworkers

Two years ago, while Matthew Lee was on a sabbatical between jobs, he reflected on his career highlights. “There are… Read More

Update: Slack is back after starting 2021 with widespread outage

[Update, Monday afternoon: Slack is back after its morning outage. On its system status page, the company offers instructions for… Read More

They make a good Teams: Slack CEO’s virtual wedding could take place on rival Microsoft tool

Three weeks into his $27.7 billion honeymoon phase with Salesforce, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield’s real wedding could have an unwelcome… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some… Read More

Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its… Read More

Slack warns investors about risk of possible retaliation from Microsoft over antitrust complaint

New language in Slack’s quarterly regulatory filing warns investors that Microsoft could retaliate against the workplace collaboration company over its… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Slack’s case against Microsoft; GeekWire Awards recap; Seattle gets Kraken

Slack delivered a surprise this week with the filing of an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, alleging that the tech giant… Read More

Slack files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft, alleging it illegally ties Teams to Office

Updated below with Microsoft statement. Slack says it has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Europe, alleging that the… Read More

Slack will let up to 20 organizations collaborate, extending reach and escalating Microsoft rivalry

Slack is rolling out a new capability called “Slack Connect” that will let up to 20 companies and organizations connect… Read More

Slack and Amazon vs. Microsoft Teams: Why voice and video are essential in enterprise messaging

Slack and Amazon recently announced a significant partnership where Slack will power its voice and video infrastructure with Amazon Chime.… Read More

Slack expands Amazon partnership, will switch to AWS Chime infrastructure for user calls

Slack will shift to Amazon Web Services’ Chime infrastructure for voice and video calls on its platform under an expanded… Read More

Microsoft Teams tops 75M daily active users, as Zoom adjusts its own user numbers

Microsoft is reporting another big jump in usage of its Teams communication and collaboration platform, reporting that it has surpassed… Read More

Google is getting a bigger grid: G Suite chief on Microsoft, Zoom and the new world of collaboration

Google Meet, the tech giant’s video conferencing platform for businesses, was originally designed with presentations in mind — favoring slides… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on the future of work; Vicis reborn; Nintendo meets Lego

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Bill Gates talks about how work will change after… Read More

Games on Slack: Seattle startup Polly looks to unite remote teams with shared interactive activities

Slack may be intended for productivity, but the communication and collaboration platform is increasingly a source of camaraderie and connection… Read More

Microsoft previews new Teams family features in broader push to expand Office beyond work

Microsoft will add new features for individuals and families to its Teams collaboration and communication app, seeking to expand further… Read More

Microsoft Teams hits 44M daily active users, spiking 37% in one week amid remote work surge

Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration… Read More

Microsoft’s Slack competitor Teams is down due to an expired authentication certificate

Microsoft Teams went down early Monday morning, gumming up the start of the week for millions of workers who rely… Read More

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More

Regulators reportedly probe Slack’s New York Stock Exchange debut as part of broader IPO inquiry

Federal regulators are looking into Slack’s stock market debut earlier this year as part of a broader investigation focused on… Read More

Slack CEO shrugs off Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth, trumpets big Office 365 customers wins

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is bracing for fast-growing rival Microsoft Teams to hit 100 million users as soon as a… Read More

Slack makes the case against Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth to 20M users, further escalating rivalry

Rivals Microsoft and Slack are sparring yet again, this time over new growth figures that show Teams pulling well ahead… Read More

Microsoft Teams hits 20M daily users, up 50% in 4 months — here’s how that compares to rival Slack

Microsoft Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users, a 50 percent spike in four months that puts… Read More