Slack acquires email app Astro in biggest acquisition to date

Slack, the cloud-based collaboration tool used by more than eight million people across thousands of companies, is folding an email client into its ever-expanding software portfolio. The San Francisco company announced today that it’s purchased Astro, a messaging startup that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge inboxes. Palo Alto-based Astro’s 28-person team will join Slack later […]