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  "markdown": "Corporate investor.\n\nWebsite: https://slack.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **1Password**, Funding round, January 2022, through Slack Fund\n  - [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.md), graded BB, 71.8/100\n  - Source: https://1password.com/blog/future-of-1password\n- **Courier**, Series A, September 2020\n  - [Courier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.md), graded BB, 70.6/100\n  - Source: https://www.courier.com/blog/announcing-our-series-a\n- **Guru Technologies, Inc.**, January 2017, Series C, April 2020\n  - [Guru](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guru.md), graded E, 45.3/100\n  - Source: https://www.getguru.com/blog/announcing-our-new-release-and-slack-investment\n- **Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural)**, Series B, August 2020, through Slack Fund\n  - [Mural MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mural-mcp.md), graded E, 42/100\n  - Source: https://www.mural.co/press-releases/series-b\n- **Nylas**, Series B, June 2020, Series C, June 2021, through Slack Fund\n  - [Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-calendar.md), graded BB, 71.1/100\n  - [Nylas Email API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-email.md), graded A, 79.1/100\n  - Source: https://www.nylas.com/blog/pr/nylas-raises-25m-to-fuel-innovation-in-communication-apis/\n- **Nylas, Inc.**, Series B, June 2020, Series C, June 2021, through Slack Fund\n  - [Nylas Notetaker API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.md), graded BB, 71.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.nylas.com/blog/pr/nylas-raises-25m-to-fuel-innovation-in-communication-apis/\n- **Daily**, through Slack Fund\n  - [Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md), graded B, 69.1/100\n  - [Pipecat PhoneLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat-phonellm.md), graded C, 59/100\n  - Source: https://www.daily.co/blog/daily-announces-a-15m-series-a-led-by-lachy-groom/\n- **Sentry**\n  - [Sentry MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sentry-mcp.md), graded BB, 70.2/100\n  - Source: https://sentry.io/about/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Conversational voice agents, 2\n- Secrets \u0026 credential vaults, 1\n- Notifications, 1\n- Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues, 1\n- Diagramming, 1\n- Calendars \u0026 scheduling, 1\n- Mailbox access, 1\n- Meeting capture \u0026 meeting infrastructure, 1\n- Observability \u0026 incidents, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Sara Teare](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sara-teare/), 1Password\n- [Dave Teare](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dave-teare/), 1Password\n- [Roustem Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/roustem-karimov/), 1Password\n- [Natalia Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/natalia-karimov/), 1Password\n- [Troy Goode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/troy-goode/), Courier\n- [Rick Nucci](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rick-nucci/), Guru Technologies, Inc.\n- [Mitch Stewart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mitch-stewart/), Guru Technologies, Inc.\n- [Christine Spang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christine-spang/), Nylas, Nylas, Inc.\n- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), Daily\n- [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-cramer/), Sentry\n- [Chris Jennings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-jennings/), Sentry\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Slack invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists 1Password, Courier, Guru Technologies, Inc., Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural), Nylas, Nylas, Inc., Daily and Sentry backed by Slack.\n\n### How are Slack's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP (BB, 71.8), Courier (BB, 70.6), Guru (E, 45.3), Mural MCP (E, 42), Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API (BB, 71.1), Nylas Email API (A, 79.1), Nylas Notetaker API (BB, 71.8), Pipecat (B, 69.1), Pipecat PhoneLLM (C, 59) and Sentry MCP (BB, 70.2).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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