Astro Expands To Slack, Alexa

Astro expanded its AI-powered bot to Slack on Tuesday, merging the communications channel with email. Astro is an email platform that uses artificial intelligence to triage email inboxes, helping users better manage their daily email deluge. Astro first launched in public beta earlier this year, alongside news that the Palo Alto-based company had raised $8 million in Series A financing. Astro's AI technology powers a virtual email helper called Astrobot, a bot developed to help email users better organize and manage their inboxes. For example, Astrobot can highlight priority emails, remind users that they still need to respond to an email question, and ask users if they would like to unsubscribe from a newsletter that they never engage with.