Salesforce-owned enterprise chat application Slack has announced the new AI-powered app -- ChatGPT app for Slack to deliver instant conversation summaries, research tools, and writing assistance
Twitter has apparently shut off its internal communication system Slack and employees posted on anonymous workplace chat app Blind that the company had stopped paying its Slack bills
A very high proportion of Indian knowledge workers (81 per cent) also said they want more meaning from their job, or to feel like they're having an impact
A survey by Slack of over 2,000 Indian knowledge workers found 4 in 5 respondents desired flexibility, and would switch jobs if their employer didn't provide it
Slack, which has users in over 150 countries globally, already has a significant following in India which is one of its top 10 markets for paid teams globally.
Salesforce agreed to buy workplace app Slack in a $27.7 billion deal, biggest by the cloud-computing pioneer as it bets on an extended run for remote working and sharpens its rivalry with Microsoft
Shares of the company, which had surged nearly 80% this year, dropped 16% in extended trading after Slack withdrew its forecast for billings citing uncertainty driven by the Covid-19 pandemic
In a different universe where Slack is incredibly successful over the next two years and 98% of knowledge workers use Slack, says CEO Stewart Butterfield