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The chat app that turned office gossip into a searchable, billable, never-ending meeting.
means A workplace messaging platform organizing conversation into channels, replacing email with a faster, friendlier firehose of notifications.
from From Old English slæc, meaning loose or lazy; the company allegedly backronymed it to Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.
Origin pivotBorn from a failed video game called Glitch.
AcquisitionSalesforce bought it for 27.7 billion dollars.
Status gamesGreen dot means present, not productive.