Diana: secure Slack agent platform
Engineers from Google, MIT, Amazon and Carnegie Mellon launched Diana, a secure Slack‑based AI agent platform that includes sandboxing, credential isolation and attack prevention for enterprises. The project was presented as a way to scale agentic systems while limiting security and credential risks. (x.com).
AI agents are software workers that take instructions, use tools, and act inside other apps. On April 14, Diana Intelligence said it launched a Slack-based version built with extra security controls for business use. (markets.businessinsider.com) The company said Diana is a fully managed, cloud-hosted assistant that runs inside Slack and can automate work in finance, product management, operations, sales, and human resources. It said the product connects to more than 3,000 business tools, including Google, Zendesk, GitHub, Asana, and Notion. (markets.businessinsider.com) Diana is built on OpenClaw, an open-source assistant framework that already supports Slack among many messaging channels. OpenClaw’s public GitHub repository showed about 356,000 stars and 72,000 forks when checked on April 15. (github.com) The security problem is straightforward: an agent that can read messages, call tools, and log into services can also leak data or misuse credentials if it is tricked. A 2025 paper from University of Oxford researchers said interacting agents create new risks including privacy breaches, coordinated attacks, jailbreaks, and data poisoning. (arxiv.org) Diana said it tries to contain that risk by giving each employee an isolated assistant and adding continuous monitoring through what it calls a “Boss” or “Governor.” The company also said the platform uses multi-tenant architecture and security controls aimed at enterprise deployment. (technologymagazine.com) The pitch is aimed at companies that want agents in Slack without running their own infrastructure. Diana said existing agent frameworks often require self-hosting and developer setup, while its product is designed for direct use by business teams. (markets.businessinsider.com) Y Combinator lists Diana as a Winter 2024 company and describes it as “the first business-ready OpenClaw platform.” The same profile lists Upeka Bee as co-founder and says she previously led engineering for Gusto’s human resources platform. (ycombinator.com) Bee has also said Diana’s goal is to give “each of their employees their own employee,” framing the product as a way for small and midsize businesses to use agent software without building a dedicated platform team. That makes the launch less about a new chat bot and more about packaging agent controls, connectors, and oversight into one Slack interface. (markets.businessinsider.com)
