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B2B Customer Support Platform

Embedded team messaging

Stop creating shared channels already

Omnichannel support is a must for consumer apps, but

Choice is great when buying milk. In B2B support, choice means expensive chaos. B2B users will always look for support in your product first.

Omnichannel support in B2B makes no sense
Yes: it's totally possible to buy/assemble a tool that lets you manage your side of the chaos in one place. This does nothing to manage the chaos for your users. Begin fixing chaos.

Scaling Slack Connect May Require an Investment from a16z

"How do I send a Slack Connect invite to every user who signs up?" "You want me to join your Microsoft what again?" —Great questions! But also, you really don't have to

Omnichannel support in B2B makes no sense
We put up with Slack Connect for support because we don't think a reasonable alternative exists. It does though—check it out.

Coming Soon: Self-Driving Triage

We're working on the problem of providing models sufficient context to automate the critical triage phase of B2B support—sign up for updates

Omnichannel support in B2B makes no sense

triage noun

tri·age
  1. 1.

    a : the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors

    b : the sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care

  2. 2.

    the assigning of priority order to projects on the basis of where funds and other resources can be best used, are most needed, or are most likely to achieve success

triage transitive verb

Etymology

French, sorting, sifting, from trier to sort, from Old French

Rethinking Horrible Embedded Messaging Experience for End-Users

Embedded support chat: a masterclass in coordinated, industry-wide mediocrity. At the risk of sleeping with the fishes, we're publishing the following exposé:

Omnichannel support in B2B makes no sense
The Fogbender end-user messaging support widget uses the exact same code as the agent-facing one—just without the agent-only bits. Begin pleasantly surprising your end-users now.
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