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2026
Factory CEO accuses board adviser of sharing confidential information with Cognition
Factory co-founder and CEO Matan Grinberg said in an X post on 2026-09-30 that he fired VC Chris Degnan from his role as Factory board adviser, alleging that Degnan shared confidential information with Factory's biggest competitor, Cognition. Two hours after the post, Degnan announced that he had joined Cognition as chief revenue officer and refuted the allegations, saying he was not fired but resigned when he told Grinberg he was taking the job.
2026
Slack launches Slack Code code channels for AI software teams
Slack launched Slack Code, a feature that lets teams and AI coding agents collaborate in dedicated code channels, with agents such as Claude, ChatGPT, Devin, GitHub Copilot and Vercel agents triggerable from existing conversations. Channels are created per project, archive automatically when tasks complete, and keep a searchable record; agents inherit Slack's existing permissions and administrative controls, and pushing code to production still requires human sign-off.
2026
Salesforce launches Slack Code for collaborative AI software development
Salesforce launched Slack Code, a feature available across all Slack plans that lets software development teams work with AI coding agents such as Anthropic's Claude Code, Cognition's Devin, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Vercel agents inside shared Slack code channels, with separate access required for the partner AI services.
2026
SpaceX approached Cognition AI about a potential acquisition
SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition AI Inc. about a potential acquisition, which would have been its second large AI acquisition in recent months; Cognition did not accept the offer, and CEO Scott Wu said the company has no plans to sell and had not been in negotiations.
2026
Slack launches Slack Code coding channels
Slack launched Slack Code, a coding product that adds project-specific channels where teams and AI agents write, review and ship software together inside the chat app. It is available on any Slack plan, with access to each partner agent sold separately, and launches with agents from Anthropic, Cognition, GitHub, Vercel and OpenAI.