The Case for an Open Data Alternative to Slack
By
georgewfraser
2mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article argues that Slack has become the central hub for workplace collaboration and tribal knowledge, but criticizes its closed data policies as problematic for companies. The author suggests that Anthropic should build a new Slack alternative, positioning Claude as potentially having the right approach but missing a key feature. The piece advocates for open data access in enterprise collaboration tools.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledSlack will be the Waterloo of closed data.
Our Slack message history represents nothing less than the accumulated tribal knowledge of the company.
And right now, that tribal knowledge is locked inside a product with the worst data access policies in enterprise software.
We need a new Slack, and Anthropic is the right company to build it.
Slack will be the Waterloo of closed data.
