Salesforce Announces An AI-Heavy Makeover For Slack, With 30 New Features
Slack just launched 30 AI-powered features including reusable AI skills and a smarter Slackbot. Here is what changed and why it matters for your team.
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Salesforce Announces An AI-Heavy Makeover For Slack, With 30 New Features
Slack AI Features 2026: The 30-Feature Upgrade That Turns Your Chat App Into a Business Command Center If you use Slack for work, something big just changed. Salesforce has rolled out 30 new AI features for the platform, headlined by a significantly more powerful version of Slackbot. The update positions Slack not just as a messaging tool, but as an AI-driven hub where work actually gets done — from drafting plans to running meetings to monitoring your calendar in real time. Why Salesforce Is Betting Big on Slack AI Salesforce acquired Slack five years ago, and by all accounts the investment has paid off handsomely. The platform now serves around one million businesses, and revenue has grown more than two and a half times since the acquisition. But growth alone is not the endgame. The company wants Slack to become the nerve center of enterprise operations — and AI is the engine it is using to get there. The 30 new features announced build directly on a January update that first gave Slack…
