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Slack’s GM Predicts Agents Will Soon Outnumber Humans on the Platform

Slack is about to become a place where most of its users don’t need it — at least not in any human sense. The platform has long been where work happens. That’s been the pitch since day one. But spend time with General Manager Rob Seaman and you start to wonder whether the work happening […]

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Slackbot Steps Into the AI Spotlight

For more than a decade, Slack has positioned itself as a place where work happens (remember this commercial?). It has become a central part of how teams communicate and collaborate. But one of its most overlooked features—the Slackbot—is now stepping into a much bigger role and becoming what Salesforce describes as the “ultimate teammate.” Slackbot […]

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Slack’s New AI Slackbot Is Less About Chat and More About Running the Workplace

Slack bills itself as “where work happens.” Lately, the Salesforce-owned company has been working hard to make that slogan more literal, rolling out features designed not just to speed up how work gets done, but also to keep workers in the app for longer periods. On Tuesday, Slack reinforced that positioning with the general availability […]

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With Agentforce IT Service, Salesforce Redefines ITSM Around AI Agents and Employee Experience

Salesforce has delivered on its promise with the launch of an AI-powered IT service tool that lets companies deploy agents to automate incidents, handle service requests, and manage tickets directly through Slack. Agentforce IT Service, as it’s called, is built to eliminate the more than 350 hours employees spend annually solving common and complex IT […]

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Salesforce ‘Reimagines’ Itself in Slack

Salesforce is using this year’s Dreamforce conference to unveil a sweeping transformation: It’s rebuilding itself around Slack, turning the team communication app into the front door for its AI-driven vision of the “agentic enterprise.” Some of the bold steps Salesforce is taking to make this reality include natively embedding some of its CRM apps into […]