https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/04/why-slack-and-salesforce-execs-think-theyre-better-together/ > When Salesforce bought Slack earlier this week for $27.7 billion, it was in some ways the end of a startup fairytale. Slack was the living embodiment of the Silicon Valley startup success fantasy. It started as a pivot from a game company, of all things. It raised $1.4 billion, went from zero to a $7 billion valuation to IPO, checking off every box on the startup founder’s wish list. > Then quite suddenly this week, Slack was part of Salesforce, plucked off the market for an enormous sum of money.