Cloud-based software company Salesforce is reportedly in talks to buy productivity app Slack. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has denied any interest in the company in the past.
According to The New York Post, Salesforce see slack as an obvious extension to their enterprise offering. Details of the deal have not become public. Neither company offered any comment on the talks for sale.
Back in August, Benioff denied any acquisitions.
“I think that for a company like Salesforce, we don’t really see an M&A environment. These are not — we’re not in a moment,” Benioff told analysts during an Aug. 25 earnings call.
Slack currently has a market cap of $17 billion.
