Slack Integrates 25 New AI-Powered Apps to Enhance User Experience

Slack, a leading platform for workplace interaction and productivity, has considerably expanded its ecosystem by introducing 25 new artificial intelligence (AI) applications to its marketplace. This update, adding to the existing library of over 2,600 apps, aims to streamline workflows and boost efficiency for professionals by minimizing the need to switch between different applications. Among the notable additions are integrations with platforms like Asana, Adobe Express, Glean, Perplexity, Jasper, and Wiz.All Slack users can access these new AI-driven tools.

A focus on Productivity, Content Creation, and More

According to a recent press release, Slack plans to continue expanding its AI offerings, with an additional 10 AI apps slated for release in the coming months. The company emphasizes the stringent security standards applied to all apps available on its marketplace.The newly added applications are designed to enhance productivity, content generation and analysis, sales and marketing efforts, as well as human resources (HR) and IT functions. This strategic expansion reflects the growing demand for AI-powered solutions in the workplace. For example, a recent study by McKinsey found that AI technologies could possibly automate up to 45% of work activities, leading to important productivity gains.

New Apps Tailored for Specific Business Needs

Slack’s latest additions include apps specifically designed to address various organizational needs:

• Project Management and Workflow Optimization: Asana facilitates project management and workload mapping, while Clockwise optimizes work calendars. UiPath provides automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks.
• Engineering Support: Schedule assists engineering teams by aggregating answers from platforms like GitHub, Jira, and Linear.

AI-Driven Content Generation and Analysis Tools

Seven new AI-powered apps focus on content generation and analysis, including:

• Content Platforms: Adobe Express and Amazon Q Enterprise now offer Slack integration.
• Contract Analysis: Chatbot and Coure provide contract analysis capabilities.
• AI Search and Knowledge Management: Perplexity, an AI search engine, along with Glean and Author, enhance information retrieval and content creation.

Empowering Sales and Marketing Teams

For sales and marketing professionals, Slack has integrated several key platforms:

• Customer Data analysis: Dovetail offers customer data analysis capabilities.
• Customer Success Management: Gainsight provides a platform for customer success management (CSM).
• Sales Enablement: Highspot is a sales enablement tool designed to improve sales performance.
• Marketing Workflow Automation: Jasper offers a extensive marketing workflow system.
• Customer Feedback Analysis: productboard helps analyze customer feedback to inform product development.

Streamlining HR and IT Operations

HR and IT professionals now have access to:

• HR Automation: BambooHR, a popular HR automation platform, is now available on Slack.
• DevOps Automation: Copado automates and improves DevOps tasks.
• IT Support Automation: Moveworks offers automation-focused solutions for IT and staff support.

Additional Tools for Enhanced Workflow Management

Other notable additions to the Slack marketplace include:

• Workflow Management: PagerDuty, a workflow management tool, and Ravenna, an automation tool for creating table tickets.
• Incident Management: Rootly, an incident management platform, streamlines on-call processes and automates incident response.
• Threat Intelligence: Wiz,a real-time threat intelligence platform,enhances security monitoring.