Slackbot re-born for the Agentic Enterprise - Slack CTO Parker Harris gets personal about a game-changing overhaul for the tech

It’s two years now since Salesforce co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Parker Harris made an unexpected side-step into taking over as CTO at the firm’s Slack division. The anniversary comes at an appropriate time as Slack today unleashes into the wild one of its most significant functional upgrades as Slackbot enters General Availability.

Now, hold hard here - Slackbot isn’t new, is it? Well, this version is. Or as Slack CMO Ryan Gavin pitches it:

When I'm trying to sound hip to my kids, I say Slackbot got a glow-up! But that's probably an under-sell, because if you've been following Slack for any period of time, Slackbot has been around literally since the beginning. But it was previously really just around basic notifications, letting me know something might require my attention. This is an entirely new Slackbot - it’s got the same wonderful personality ...