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Slackbot Keynote Recap: Meet the new Slack. Where AI works.

Slack just rewrote its entire product around AI. Here's what actually ships.

Reporting by Salesforce Newsroom 1 min brief
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Slack is repositioning itself as an AI-native collaboration platform with integrated agentic workflows, moving beyond chat-first to AI-first architecture. This signals a fundamental shift in how enterprise productivity tools embed and monetize AI capabilities.

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5 to know

  1. Keynote announcement of AI-integrated Slack product

  2. Focus on AI agents working within Slack workflows

  3. Enterprise productivity platform repositioning

  4. Published April 1, 2026 (verify if actual release or announcement timing)

  5. Salesforce/Slack strategic alignment on AI-first product strategy

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