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Facebook’s Slack competitor, Workplace, is growing fast

Last year when Facebook launched its enterprise communication tool the company said it had around 1,000 companies using it. Today Facebook has updated that number and it now stands at 30,000, reports Recode. That is a massive increase and over double the number of businesses that Facebook said was using Workplace just 6 months ago. […]

Facebook’s Slack competitor, Workplace, is growing fast

[Illustration: courtesy of Workplace]

BY Michael Grothaus0 minute read

Last year when Facebook launched its enterprise communication tool the company said it had around 1,000 companies using it. Today Facebook has updated that number and it now stands at 30,000, reports Recode. That is a massive increase and over double the number of businesses that Facebook said was using Workplace just 6 months ago. However, Slack shouldn’t be too worried yet. Facebook has failed to say how many of the 30,000 businesses using Workplace are paying customers (there’s a free version) and Slack is still the leader by a long shot anyway, with 4 million users.

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. Michael’s current tech-focused areas of interest include AI, quantum computing, and the ways tech can improve the quality of life for the elderly and individuals with disabilities More


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