Salesforce acquires workplace chat app Slack for $27.7 billion
Salesforce on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy workplace communications app Slack for $27.7 billion, the biggest ever acquisition for the former. Slack will now be the new interface for Salesforce's Customer 360 platform. The deal, which is "the most strategic combination in software history" as per Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, is expected to close in 2022.