AINews: Why OpenAI Should Build Slack
Summary
Latent.Space argues that OpenAI should build a Slack-like platform to own the enterprise collaboration layer and accelerate AI-enabled workflows. The piece critiques Slack’s AI features, pricing, and developer experience, and envisions a unified, multiagent UX that layers a social/work graph onto ChatGPT to deepen enterprise adoption. It frames this as a strategic move with strong network effects for SMB and larger organizations.