Sheel Mohnot(@pitdesi):Wow, Stewart Butterfield had just ONE HOUR of total face time with Marc Benioff before Salesforce announced its $27.7B acquisition of Slack, the second-largest software acquisition in history at the time. “My last meeting with him was cut short because McConaughey arrived.” Stewart left the company after 18 months; he says the tipping point came when he was invited to Davos to represent Slack and Salesforce. Thinking he would be there to talk to customers, he instead found himself scheduled on a panel about innovation with https://t.co/KLqcbyxiJX, another of Salesforce’s celebrity spokespeople. “It was so fucked up.” Fun read into the culture clash between Slack and Salesforce.

2026.10.25 15:05

Wow, Stewart Butterfield had just ONE HOUR of total face time with Marc Benioff before Salesforce announced its $27.7B acquisition of Slack, the second-largest software acquisition in history at the time. “My last meeting with him was cut short because McConaughey arrived.” Stewart left the company after 18 months; he says the tipping point came when he was invited to Davos to represent Slack and Salesforce. Thinking he would be there to talk to customers, he instead found himself scheduled on a panel about innovation with another of Salesforce’s celebrity spokespeople. “It was so fucked up.” Fun read into the culture clash between Slack and Salesforce.