This essay first appeared in Reboot . Credulous, breathless coverage of “AI existential risk” (abbreviated “x-risk”) has reached the…

The Gradient · 7 October 2023

Dear readers, I was triggered to write this post because ChatGPT apologies way too much, takes too long to get into the meat of an answer, and I wanted to fix t…

Andrew Chen · 30 September 2023

Hi readers, Over the years, I’ve shared lessons and tips from writing a professional blog — previously 10 years of professional blogging – what I’ve…

Andrew Chen · 23 August 2023

There’s been a big wave of Creator Economy startups over the past few years, as the rise of social media platforms has empowered content creators to becom…

Andrew Chen · 21 August 2023

A simple question The last few years have been crazy, and no wonder there’s a ton of folks thinking about making job changes right now. I know this since …

Andrew Chen · 14 August 2023

I’ve spent the past five years at Slack building both the Slack brand and the Slack creative team. While I’m immensely proud of both accomplishments, the latter…

Slack Design · 3 August 2023

While Slack fields many requests, the creation of a feature to add people to a direct message was something our design team heard frequently. When we first star…

Slack Design · 18 May 2023

When Slack’s new website launched in 2017, I felt like a kid in a candy store. As a brand designer, there’s nothing more exciting than having new br…

Slack Design · 27 April 2023

It may be weird to say my life changed because of an app most people use to fall down multi-hour rabbit holes to watch people dance or try out a viral recipe li…

Slack Design · 20 April 2023

Hi, my name is Stella, a designer working on the Slack platform administration experience. My job is to take care of a special group of users, our Slack adminis…

Slack Design · 13 April 2023

Hey friends! MJ and Sheila here to talk to you about Design Ops at Slack, our passion for the field, and the guiding principles we live by in our day-to-day wor…

Slack Design · 6 April 2023

A huge international campaign. A compelling headline on a city billboard. A viral video. They all have one thing in common: they started with an idea. And it’s …

Slack Design · 30 March 2023

Slack’s accessibility team recently launched a series of changes to make navigating around Slack more reliable and efficient for keyboard-only and screen reader…

Slack Design · 23 March 2023

When you’re looking for an internship, there can be pressure to have all the right stuff—enrollment in a design program at a prestigious university, prior inter…

Slack Design · 13 March 2023

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God …

Both Sides of the Table · 12 December 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. From 2019 t…

Both Sides of the Table · 15 September 2022

We all get our work done differently. Some of us are at our desks from 9 to 5, while others work more flexible hours. Some of us commute to work, while others w…

Slack Design · 2 September 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was.…

Both Sides of the Table · 26 July 2022

Helion has been progressing even faster than I expected and is on pace in 2024 to 1) demonstrate Q > 1 fusion and 2) resolve all questions needed to design a…

Sam Altman · 13 July 2022

Slack is primarily designed for team communication in channels. Channels are where work happens: It’s where teams exchange ideas, get feedback, and share files.…

Slack Design · 14 April 2022

Today we did a research launch of DALL•E 2, a new AI tool that can create and edit images from natural language instructions. Most importantly, we hope people l…

Sam Altman · 6 April 2022

Hi, we’re Alison and Zoe, Associate and Junior Designers, respectively, and we just joined Slack in fall of 2021. Our first project here: building guidelines fo…

Slack Design · 18 March 2022

How Slack invests in big little details through Customer Love Sprints Most businesses say they love their customers. Slack is no exception! But what does that m…

Slack Design · 20 January 2022

Close your eyes and imagine yourself using Slack. What are two phrases you’d use to describe that experience? Whatever your phrases are, hopefully they’re…

Slack Design · 30 November 2021

Nearly six years ago, I was thrilled to invest in Andrew Farah and the team at Density when they had a vision for building anonymous tracking of how people use …

Both Sides of the Table · 10 November 2021

I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion . Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion I’ve seen. David and Chris are two of the most impressive …

Sam Altman · 5 November 2021

Fostering a sense of connection with your team is probably the hardest part of working remotely. When you work in an office together, you can walk by someone’s …

Slack Design · 2 November 2021

Being immersed in Slack’s highly collaborative culture and an even closer-knit team, saying no to meetings used to be slightly terrifying. But when I realized m…

Slack Design · 14 October 2021

We recently announced the rollout of audio and video clips in Slack, which allow anyone on Slack’s paid plans to send audio, video, and screen share messages. W…

Slack Design · 29 September 2021

Astrophysicists anxiously await the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, slated for December 18. Things can go wrong. This spectacular giant will …

Big Think · 15 September 2021