INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As Slack continues to grow its paid business users, the company is looking for ways to help customers build integrations that make sense for
the work they do.
Slack announced today that it has acquired Robots and Pencils& Missions,an app that allows Slack users to build tools to
automate simple routines without code.Terms of the deal weren&t disclosed.
Paid users are already big fans of Slack integrations.There are
currently 1,500 apps available in the Slack app directory
The company says that 94 percent of users in that bracket use apps and integrations, while 65 percent of teams have built their own
Building an integration certainly isn&t an easy process for non-tech teams to handle; Missions is focused on a more visual flow that ditches
some of the complexity.
Missions& technology lets people create workflows for tasks that they might normally have to talk about inside Slack
and then carry out the process off-chat
With Missions, Slack hopes that users can help teams boost productivity by making things more simple for a variety of repeatable
processes.
Onboarding seems to be an area where Slack sees a lot of potential for this tech, ensuring that new employees know which
documents they need to fill out, who in the company they need to meet and other tasks they&ll have to complete
Other potential areas for the app to help users include managing approvals and rejections in the hiring process, as well as internal
ticketing.
The company says they&ll be supporting Missions& customers for free for the next few months as they begin to build the technology
When can you start playing with this tech The company said they&ll have more to share &later this year.&
