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Slack's new Slackbot is designed to be the new interface for work, representing a "ChatGPT moment" for the enterprise.
Slackbot can function as a meeting assistant that not only transcribes notes but also takes direct actions in systems of record, such as updating a CRM opportunity.
Slackbot is an MCP client, enabling it to communicate with any MCP server and serve as an interface for systems like CRMs, HR systems, DocuSign, and Notion.
A large, unnamed AI company that is a Slack customer now has more AI agents deployed in its organization than human employees.
Slackbot can function as a "super agent" that orchestrates and invokes other specialized agents within an enterprise on the user's behalf.
Recent enterprise customers who have moved to Slack include Rocket, General Motors, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Slackbot is designed to understand a user's business context, personal work context, and company data, while respecting all permissions and governance controls.
An employee at customer MrBeast Industries is saving 20 hours per week by using the new Slackbot.
Slack now includes a voice interface, allowing users to speak commands to Slackbot.
Approximately 6 billion messages are sent on the Slack platform each week.
Slack is one of the fastest-growing platforms for developers to build and deploy AI agents.
Over 100,000 custom AI applications have been built on the Slack platform in the last year and a half.