Message Startup Slack Draws Interest From Amazon.com
Found on Bloomberg on Thursday, 15 June 2017
San Francisco-based Slack could be valued at at least $9 billion in a sale, the people said. An agreement isn’t assured and discussions may not go further, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
Slack raised $200 million in its latest funding round in 2016, led by Thrive Capital Management LLC, valuing it at $3.8 billion. The company, which introduced its business chat software in 2013, has recently turned its eye to bigger users.
Dotcom bubble times again. Release a webfrontend based on what's basically IRC and clueless investors will drown you in money. If it would not be so retarded it would be funny.