# Introducing Parallel in Slack: web intelligence where your team works

Today we're launching the Parallel Slack agent. Tell `@parallel` what to watch on the web, and it posts in your channel when something changes, with sources. Tag it with a question, and it replies in the thread with a cited answer.

`@parallel` is built for teams that need to keep up with competitors, customers, investors and regulation without leaving Slack or integrating an API. The agent is available today on the Slack Marketplace[Slack Marketplace](https://slack.com/marketplace/A0AP6UAHQ4A).

## Watch the web

**Set up a monitor in one sentence.** Tell `@parallel` what to watch and, optionally, how often:

• - `@parallel` monitor new funding rounds for AI startups, daily

The agent confirms with a card showing what it will watch and how often. If you don't give a frequency, it checks hourly.

**Get alerts in the channel.** When the monitor detects a relevant change, the agent posts a short message with the headline and the source. The full details are threaded, so the channel stays easy to scan.

**Follow updates that matter to you.** Anyone can hit 🔔 on a monitor to get @mentioned when it fires. Hit it again to stop.

**Manage monitors in plain language.** "Show me the active monitors," "make the funding update weekly" and "cancel the pricing monitor" all work.

## Monitors to try

We've used the agent across Parallel for the past two months, and early-access teams have used it for everything from tracking competitor, customer, and investor activity to watching for deals on products they want to buy. Here are a few monitors to start with:

**For competitive intel**

• - `@parallel` monitor when Acme's posts on X get over 500 likes
• - `@parallel` monitor when Acme launches a new product or changes its pricing
• - `@parallel` monitor when Acme is added to any company's subprocessor list

**For GTM**

• - `@parallel` monitor new startup launches that could benefit from agentic search
• - `@parallel` monitor leadership changes at AI companies valued over $10B

**For founders and investors**

• - `@parallel` monitor new funding rounds for AI infrastructure startups, daily
• - `@parallel` monitor new AI startups coming out of stealth

**For finance teams**

• - `@parallel` tell me when PepsiCo files an 8-K

**For ops, legal and policy**

• - `@parallel` watch for new AI regulation in the US and EU, daily

## Ask questions

**Ask anything.** Tag `@parallel` with a question and it replies in the thread with a cited answer:

• - `@parallel` what did the Fed announce today, and how did markets react?
• - `@parallel` compare pricing for CRM providers

**Ask about an alert.** Reply in an alert's thread and the agent already knows which event you mean, so "have they invested in similar startups recently?" works without repeating yourself.

Each thread is its own conversation, so follow-up questions build on earlier answers.

## Get started

• - Install the agent from the Slack Marketplace[Slack Marketplace](https://slack.com/marketplace/A0AP6UAHQ4A), or from Parallel Platform[Parallel Platform](https://platform.parallel.ai/settings?tab=data-connections&utm_source=parallel_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=slack_agent_launch) under Settings → Data connections → Add to Slack. An admin of your Parallel organization connects it.
• - Add it to a channel with `/invite @parallel`, or open it from Slack's Agents panel.
• - Tell it what to watch. Everyone in your workspace can create, follow and manage monitors.