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Slack

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2009private otherWebsite @SlackHQ
Composite score
23.2
rank #33 · cuts
Headcount
2.4k
0.0%
90d change
-0.5%
Launches (30d)
1
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
1

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$2.3M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.9%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.3 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
7y 8mo
runway question
LinkedIn followers
1.7M
brand reach

Hiring flow · Slack

source: PDL v25
+305 hires676 exits-371 net · last 18 months

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,132
0%
Sales
212
-12%
Operations
153
-16%
Product
131
-6%
Marketing
103
-18%
Support
96
-26%
Fulfillment
60
-21%
Analyst
47
-15%
Other
199

Headcount · Slack

158 weeks · source: mock_v1
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Events

Launch · Slack AI Assistant
via company_blog · —
9d ago
Layoff · 7.09% (166 roles)
Org redesign concentrating headcount on enterprise-tier customers.
layoffs.fyi
2mo ago
Launch · Slack Intelligence
via company_blog · —
2mo ago
Funding · series_h · 427.0M from null
Crunchbase
8y ago
Funding · series_g · 412.7M from null
Crunchbase
9y ago
Funding · series_f · 208.0M from Ling Wong
Crunchbase
10y ago
Funding · series_e · 172.7M from null
Crunchbase
11y ago
Funding · series_d · 120.0M from null
Crunchbase
11y ago
Funding · series_c · 42.8M from Anthony Casalena
Crunchbase
12y ago
Funding · series_b · 10.7M from Alfred Chuang
Crunchbase
15y ago
Funding · series_a · 5.0M from null
Crunchbase
16y ago
Funding · seed · 1.5M from Bradley Horowitz
Crunchbase
17y ago

Score history

2026-04-20
23.2
rank #33
2026-03-30
25.0
rank #32
2026-03-23
33.3
rank #32
2026-03-16
33.7
rank #30
2026-03-09
34.8
rank #26
2026-03-02
36.8
rank #21
2026-02-23
18.6
rank #42
2026-02-16
18.8
rank #40
2026-02-09
18.8
rank #39
2026-02-02
17.3
rank #39
2026-01-26
48.6
rank #15
2026-01-19
47.5
rank #16