Slack AI Recaps Helped Me Truly Unplug on Vacation (Full Transcript)

A founder explains how Slack’s AI Recaps and summaries kept them informed while away, making it easier to disconnect and return refreshed.
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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: True story, I quit my 9 to 5 job to run my own business and then I ended up working every day 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. instead. Because here's the thing, no one told me that when you work for yourself, unplugging on vacations feels impossible. Like, I am the business here. If I'm not the one checking my Slack messages, then who's handling things? So after almost two years of being my own boss and having terrible work-life balance, I knew I needed to finally make a change. And that's why I've partnered with Slack to show you how I used their latest AI features while I was away on vacation in the Maldives last week and how everything changed for my workaholic self. So first, I set up the AI features in Slack before I went out of office. AI Recaps created a curated digest of everything that happened in my most important channels while I was away so that those summaries were all waiting for me when I got back. If I needed more context on anything, I just hit summarize so that I can get caught up on even the longest message threads in just seconds. For the first time in years, I was actually able to unplug and I came back energized, not drowning. Whether you are the boss, the employee, or the person wearing 17 hats at once, you deserve to actually disconnect without all of the anxiety. Learn more about Slack's new AI features at slack.com slash AI.

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A former 9–5 employee shares that starting their own business led to worse hours and poor work-life balance. They partnered with Slack to describe using Slack’s new AI features—AI Recaps and thread summarization—to stay informed while on vacation in the Maldives, enabling them to unplug, return energized, and reduce anxiety about missed messages.
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How Slack AI Helped a Founder Unplug on Vacation
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  • Working for yourself can worsen work-life balance without systems to delegate and summarize communication.
  • Slack AI Recaps can provide digests of key channel activity during time away.
  • Thread summarization helps quickly regain context on long conversations.
  • AI support can make unplugging on vacation more realistic for founders and multi-role workers.
  • The message functions as an endorsement directing viewers to slack.com/ai.
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Positive: The tone is optimistic and relieved, emphasizing regained balance, reduced anxiety, and feeling energized after using Slack’s AI tools.
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