These two startups are out to dethrone Slack
There's nothing like raging success to bring on a pack of competitors, and that's exactly what's happening in the enterprise-collaboration arena.
Ever since the public launch of its team-communication software two years ago, Slack has taken enterprises by storm, propelled by its freemium business model and plenty of investor enthusiasm. Today, it claims 2.3 million daily active users, more than 675,000 paid seats and over $64 million in annual recurring revenue.
Other companies smell opportunity.
Two new contenders entered the scene this week, both hoping to claim a piece of the pie for themselves. On Wednesday, it was SpotCues with what it calls the industry's first location-based contextual social network. On Thursday, Kore debuted a "bot-based" messaging platform.
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