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<\/p>\nMeta is migrating internal communications from Google Chat to Slack because Slack is the strongest platform for AI agents, a memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang says. European governments have spent two years moving the other way, onto sovereign suites chosen for control rather than integrations.<\/p>\n
Meta is moving its internal communications from Google Chat to Slack. The reason given is AI agents, Business Insider reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSlack is the strongest platform available today for agents,<\/em>\u201d a memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang says. It cites the conversational interface, developer tooling and third-party integrations.<\/p>\n Read that last part again. Meta did not choose the best chat tool, it chose the largest collection of things that already plug into one.<\/p>\n It is a substantial win for Salesforce, which bought Slack for $27.7B in 2021. Meta and Salesforce declined to comment, and Google did not respond.<\/p>\n Europe\u2019s largest institutional buyers have spent two years going the other way. France ordered its ministries off Windows and set a 2027 deadline to replace Teams and Zoom for 2.5 million civil servants.<\/p>\n The replacement is not an ecosystem play. Tchap, the French state\u2019s Matrix-based messenger, has more than 600,000 users and runs on certified sovereign infrastructure. The state runs its own video tool and webmail on the same stack.<\/p>\n Germany has gone further in places. Schleswig-Holstein moved 44,000 mailboxes<\/a> and 110 million emails off proprietary software last year, saving \u20ac15M in licences.<\/p>\n The International Criminal Court runs a version of the same stack. It uses openDesk, the sovereign suite built by Germany\u2019s ZenDiS, with Element providing the chat. The Bundeswehr and Swiss Post run Matrix as well.<\/p>\n The pipeline is longer than that. Matrix is in conversation with around 35 governments about open source communications, The Register reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n None of those were chosen for their agent ecosystems. They were chosen because the buyer controls the server, which is a different question entirely.<\/p>\n The switch itself is now regulated in Europe. Under the EU Data Act<\/a> a provider may require at most two months\u2019 notice and must complete the transfer within 30 days.<\/p>\n The price of leaving falls to zero next year. Switching charges are capp<\/a>ed at cost until 12 January 2027 and prohibited from that date. The rules cover software as a service, not only infrastructure.<\/p>\n Which leaves the awkward part unanswered. TNW has argued Europe\u2019s cloud dependency is a political risk, and the sovereign stack it is buying instead has no agent ecosystem in it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n