Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft over "horrible things" it did to Slack, warns OpenAI could be next to suffer

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft over "horrible things" it did to Slack, warns OpenAI could be next to suffer

The Slack-Teams saga might be over, but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff takes another stab at Microsoft.

Benioff warns OpenAI about Microsoft’s “playbook”

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has criticized Microsoft’s past dealings with Slack, warning that the tech giant may use similar anticompetitive tactics against OpenAI in their partnership. Benioff made the comments in a recent video podcast with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin, referencing Microsoft’s history with Slack before Salesforce acquired it in 2020. Benioff stated that Microsoft had done “horrible things” to Slack, accusing the company of running …

‘You can see the horrible things that Microsoft did to Slack before we bought it’: Marc Benioff warns Microsoft could repeat 'pretty nasty’ Slack playbook with OpenAI amid frayed relationship

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has claimed Microsoft did "horrible things" to Slack prior to its acquisition - and warned the company could be set to repeat its playbook with OpenAI.