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Messaging startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon: Bloomberg

San Francisco-based Slack has raised more than $500 million from venture capitalists and was valued at $3.8 billion

Reuters June 15, 2017

stewart butterfield ceo of slack talks during the business messaging company 039 s event in san francisco california january 31 2017 photo reuters

Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San Francisco, California January 31, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Slack Technologies, a corporate messaging and collaboration software startup, has received inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

A deal could value the company at, at least $9 billion, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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Slack is a platform where employees can send messages, collaborate, organise and share files. The technology also integrates with a wide variety of business software - such as Salesforce.com Inc and Microsoft Corp's Skype - so employees can do all their work within Slack.

San Francisco-based Slack has raised more than $500 million from venture capitalists and was valued at $3.8 billion at its last private financing round a year ago.

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Both Amazon and Slack were not immediately available to comment outside of regular US business hours.