Slack, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, founded in 2009 and employing approximately 3,510 individuals, operates primarily in the technology, information, and internet sectors, providing a productivity platform specifically designed for enterprises.
On April 3, 2026, Slack began positioning Slackbot as a new interface for work, aiming to consolidate fragmented workplace software and AI tools into a more cohesive experience. Earlier the same day, Salesforce, its parent company, announced Slack as the System of Engagement for its Agentic Enterprise platform, introducing Slackbot as an "employee superagent" that integrates Agentforce teams, third-party AI agents, apps, and enterprise data into a single digital workforce, with particular mention of UAE enterprises moving towards AI execution. On April 3, Slack also unveiled more than 30 new capabilities for Slackbot, transforming it from a personal agent into a collaborative "ultimate teammate" that fosters shared intelligence within existing workflows, moving beyond "single-player" AI. This follows Slack's April 2 upgrade of Slackbot with these more than 30 new artificial intelligence (AI) features, intending to turn the Salesforce-owned platform's AI assistant into an AI agent for enterprise needs by leveraging existing third-party app integrations within the workspace messaging platform.
Slack has customers like Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy. Slack has commercial and technical partners like Ortana Media Group and MASV. Examples of Slack's suppliers include Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Automattic.