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Your AI Coworker is Here: Meet the New Slackbot
14 Jan
Summary
- Slackbot is now an AI agent using your work context for personalized assistance.
- It can draft emails, manage schedules, and retrieve information from chats.
- New AI integrates with tools like Google Drive and Microsoft Teams within Slack.
Salesforce has unveiled a significant upgrade to Slackbot, transforming it into a sophisticated AI agent. This new iteration is designed to be a deeply personal assistant for every employee, requiring no initial setup or training. It leverages existing work context, including messages and files, to understand and adapt to individual user needs, a key differentiator from other available tools.
The enhanced Slackbot offers a range of capabilities, such as drafting emails, managing schedules, and retrieving information from conversations and channels. Crucially, it integrates with other popular platforms like Google Drive and Microsoft Teams, enabling users to perform tasks across applications directly within Slack. This aims to streamline workflows and reduce the need to switch between different software.
This advanced AI is rolling out to most Business+ and Enterprise+ customers as of January 14, 2026. Slack also anticipates future integrations with other AI agents, potentially allowing for more complex task completion across multiple AI systems. The development reflects a growing trend in AI's application to internal business processes.
