Get competitor news directly inside Slack
The fastest-moving teams have one thing in common: they stay ahead of what's happening around them. Product launches. Funding rounds. Customer wins. Leadership changes. Tiny signals that add up to major strategic shifts.
But keeping track of competitors manually is nearly impossible. Dozens of tabs open. Google Alerts that miss more than they catch. Someone forwarding a link three days late. Nobody has time to monitor everything – yet missing an important update can change the outcome of a quarter.
There's a better way.
All competitor news in one Slack channel
Distill brings every important update about any company straight into Slack, automatically.
Once connected, Distill creates a dedicated #distill channel in your workspace and starts sending real-time alerts the moment news is published.
No configuration complexity.
No manual digging.
No noise.
Just the information that matters, where your team already works.
What Distill tracks
Distill continuously monitors the full landscape, including:
- Press releases
- News or updates sections on company websites (e.g., /news, /blog, /updates, /press)
- RSS feeds
- Medium posts
- Substack newsletters
- LinkedIn company posts
- News media (both global and local/regional)
If a competitor publishes a hiring announcement in a regional news outlet, posts a product launch on LinkedIn, or quietly updates their website, you'll see it in Slack immediately.
How teams use competitor news in Slack
Better strategic decisions
Leadership teams stay aligned on shifting priorities and competitive pressure without waiting for weekly summaries or manually compiled reports.
Stronger sales conversations
Reps walk into calls informed about recent announcements, customer stories, or product changes.
Smarter product planning
Product teams anticipate moves instead of reacting to them months later.
More proactive marketing
Messaging and positioning evolve based on real-time narrative changes in the market.
The result is clarity and alignment without extra effort.
Set it up once and it runs on autopilot
Distill integrates with Slack in minutes. Once connected, insights begin flowing automatically to the #distill channel for your whole team to follow.
To start using the Slack integration:
- Enable the Slack connection from Settings → Integrations.
- Then enable sending news to Slack for any group you've created.
The Slack integration is available for all users on the Team plan. For more detail, see how the Slack integration works.
See competitor news first, not after it spreads
Speed matters. The teams that move the fastest don't always have more resources – they have better information sooner.
Distill gives you all the news and insights that matter, when it matters
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