Box and Slack expand partnership with launch of Box AI in Slack

Box (BOX) and AI-powered work operating system, Slack, a Salesforce company, (CRM) announced an expanded partnership that brings secure AI to enterprise content to transform the way organizations work. Available today, joint customers can now access unlimited Box AI queries directly in Slack, allowing users to ask critical questions and uncover timely insights from Box files in the same place they’re already working. The companies also announced several joint enhancements to the integration, including dynamic and secure file previews of Box files in Slack, improved workflow automation across the two platforms, and more. “Enterprises today recognize the potential of AI to unleash valuable insights that are trapped inside their content,” said Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box. “Thousands of customers including Elf Cosmetics, Mast-Jagermeister SE, and Wasserman Media already leverage Box and Slack together, making it easy to share and collaborate on documents across both platforms while maintaining a single, secure source of truth for content. With this expanded partnership, we are bringing that same level of interoperability and cross-platform ease of use to the world of AI. Now, whether you are working on customer presentations, legal contracts, a budget spreadsheet, or any other file, you can leverage Box AI to get insights and answers without ever leaving your Slack environment. It’s never been easier to apply secure, enterprise-grade AI to your work.” …”The Slack and Box partnership, which seamlessly integrates collaboration and content, is fundamental to enterprise needs in the age of AI,” said Shivani Majewski, Managing Director – Salesforce Industries, at Slalom. “Customers want to build solutions that use AI to accelerate their business processes. Using Box AI to extract critical information from the millions of files in an organization and building collaborative workflows in Slack with those insights, improves the value and efficiency of business processes happening every day across industries like financial services, retail, media and entertainment, and more.”