

In the same year, they hit 1.1 million users and got over $25 million on the revenue. In 2015, Slack acquires Screenhero (YC W13) to add screen sharing and voice chat to its work messaging platform. In 2014, Slack raised $120 million, giving the company a whopping valuation of $1.12 billion and Slack became the fastest company in history to achieve a billion dollar valuation. The core team was drawn from the founders of Flickr, leveraging their Silicon Valley network to build out the new venture. They renamed their company Slack Technologies, and began to market their new product. The tool was called Slack, and it soon became the focus of the company after developers saw the potential. In the first 24 hours of its launch, 8,000 companies signed up for Slack in 2013. So they created one! Through this, Slack was born. In 2011, Tiny Speck was developing the online game ‘‘Glitch’’ and found that there wasn’t a team collaboration tool on the market that met their needs. Slack was originally developed as a solution to a problem for game developers. While Slack’s track record is interesting, it is background history of Slack – and how the suite of tools offered by Slack – that makes the story so interesting. Slack has the primary form of workplace communication to many organisations, reducing the email traffic and connecting remote team. With its instant messaging convenience, Slack is designed to keep your attention within its confines, which sometimes comes at the expense of actually getting any work done. We hope you’ll give Slack a try.“I Slacked you” may still be a confusing phrase to many, but not for long. Scientifically proven (or at least rumored) to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. Customize your notifications so you stay focused on what matters.


Easily search a central knowledge base that automatically indexes and archives your team’s past conversations and files.Integrate into your workflow, the tools and services you already use including Google Drive, Salesforce, Dropbox, Asana, Twitter, Zendesk, and more.Share and edit documents and collaborate with the right people all in Slack.Message or call any person or group within your team.Communicate with your team and organize your conversations by topics, projects, or anything else that matters to your work.Slack is available on any device, so you can find and access your team and your work, whether you’re at your desk or on the go. Check off your to-do list and move your projects forward by bringing the right people, conversations, tools, and information you need together. Slack brings team communication and collaboration into one place so you can get more work done, whether you belong to a large enterprise or a small business.
