Anthropic-backed enterprise AI venture Ode is acquiring four-year-old AI consultancy Casper for an undisclosed fee; Ode has 100+ staff after buying Fractional (Julia Hornstein/The Information)

Slack introduced Slack Code, a feature that adds dedicated, project-specific code channels where teams can work with AI coding agents that act like teammates, and it is available across all Slack plans. The rollout aims to give users a shared space for AI-assisted development without requiring separate tools.