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Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

Not a chat app. A workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate in real-time—Jack Dorsey's new Slack competitor just shipped.

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The KeyNews take

Why it matters

Buzz represents a fundamental shift in workplace collaboration tooling: AI agents are no longer bolt-ons to existing platforms, but first-class participants in team workflows. This challenges Slack's market position and signals how founding teams are rethinking communication infrastructure for agentic workforces.

The key facts

4 to know
  1. Jack Dorsey launching Buzz—group chat platform designed for humans + AI agents collaboration

  2. Direct Slack competitor positioning agents as native participants, not integrations

  3. Workplace collaboration infrastructure shift toward agentic-first design

  4. Published July 21, 2026—breaking product launch

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Publisher excerpt: Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
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