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ReadWrite / Owen Thomas / Dec 16, 2015

Slack will also be announcing an investment fund to back developers, particularly ones building apps solely for Slack. —SW

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Wang, Shan. "Slack is releasing a bot kit (and directory) to make bots easier to build and find." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Dec. 2015. Web. 27 Mar. 2025.

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Wang, S. (2015, Dec. 16). Slack is releasing a bot kit (and directory) to make bots easier to build and find. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 27, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/slack-is-releasing-a-bot-kit-and-directory-to-make-bots-easier-to-build-and-find/

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Wang, Shan. "Slack is releasing a bot kit (and directory) to make bots easier to build and find." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 16, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/slack-is-releasing-a-bot-kit-and-directory-to-make-bots-easier-to-build-and-find/.

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