A huge international campaign. A compelling headline on a city billboard. A viral video. They all have one thing in comm…

Slack Design·30 March 2023

Slack’s accessibility team recently launched a series of changes to make navigating around Slack more reliable and effic…

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 …

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…

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 st…

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. So…

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 …

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) …

Sam Altman·13 July 2022

Slack is primarily designed for team communication in channels. Channels are where work happens: It’s where teams exchan…

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 instruct…

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 fi…

Slack Design·18 March 2022

How Slack invests in big little details through Customer Love Sprints Most businesses say they love their customers. Sla…

Slack Design·20 January 2022

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

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 buildi…

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 a…

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 off…

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 sl…

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 au…

Slack Design·29 September 2021

Astrophysicists anxiously await the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, slated for December 18. Things ca…

Big Think·15 September 2021

If there is one thing that Russia scholars can agree on, it is the poor quality of leadership that has plagued the count…

Big Think·15 September 2021

Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry. Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet …

Big Think·15 September 2021

Compared to other Big Tech companies, Apple has been the poster child of privacy protection. Unfortunately, a recent ann…

Big Think·15 September 2021

Right now, there's just one virus on everyone's minds: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But humanity is plagu…

Big Think·15 September 2021

The Einstein field equations appear very simple, but they encode a tremendous amount of complexity. What looks like one …

Big Think·15 September 2021

Imagine you've just sat down to watch your favorite TV show. You decide to snuggle in with your legs crisscrossed becaus…

Big Think·14 September 2021

To prevent the present from erasing the past, non-profit organizations are creating detailed 3D scans of famous monument…

Big Think·14 September 2021

Plato wrote profusely, and his ideas are intelligent, well argued, and powerful. His works form the backbone of so many …

Big Think·14 September 2021

A new study suggests that exomoons are common in multistar systems. Thus far, only a few exomoon candidates have been id…

Big Think·14 September 2021

We assume that physical constants do not change from time to time or location to location. Measurements aimed at calcula…

Big Think·14 September 2021

Researchers observe in a series of photos an unexpected rescue of two young wild boars from a trap. The whole rescue too…

Big Think·13 September 2021