Timeline of Slack
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This is a timeline of Slack, a cloud-based set of team collaboration tools and services, founded by Stewart Butterfield.[1]
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details | |
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| 2009 | January 1 | Foundation | Slack is founded.[2] | |
| 2015 | January 28 | Acquisition | Slack announces the acquisition of Screenhero.[3] | |
| 2016 | November 15 | Product integration | Business analytics software company Sisense announces bots for Slack, Skype, Facebook Messenger and {Telegram.[4] | |
| 2016 | December 7 | Partnership | Slack and Google announce partnership focused on better integrating their services, bringing a number of new features, including deeper integrations with Google services. Among the additions are new bots for notifications, as well as support for Google’s recently launched Team Drives, document previews and permissioning, etc.[5] | |
| 2017 | January 6 | Slack reveals 11 more companies backed through its US$80 million fund, which is dedicated to early-stage investments in companies building apps in Slack. The latest Slackbot companies to receive funding include Statsbot, SwayFinance, Guru, Bold, Demisto, DataFox, Troops, WorkRamp, Synervoz, Twine, and Donut.[6] | ||
| 2017 | April 18 | Facebook plans on offering a free version of its Slack competitor Workplace, a collaborative platform run by the company.[7] | ||
| 2017 | September 17–18 | Funding | Slack closes a $250 million funding round led by SoftBank,[8] which values the company at US$5.1 billion.[9][10] |
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References
- ↑ Kumparak, Greg (February 5, 2015). "Slack's Co-Founders Take Home The Crunchie For Founder Of The Year". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "Slack overview". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Screenhero joins Slack". screenhero.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sisense announces bots for Slack, Skype, Facebook Messenger and Telegram". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah. "Slack and Google announce partnership focused on better integrating their services". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Slack reveals 11 more companies backed through its $106 million fund". betakit.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Facebook plans on offering a free version of its Slack competitor". theverge.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ↑ Huet, Ellen; Lanxon, Nate. "Slack Gets Slice of SoftBank's $100 Billion Tech Bounty". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Slack overview". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Lynley, Matthew. "Slack raises a huge financing round from SoftBank valuing the company at $5.1B". Retrieved 1 October 2017.
