Slack is reportedly going put its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange

Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San FranciscoThomson Reuters

The workplace-messaging platform Slack is planning to direct list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Doing so would make Slack the second big technology company after Spotfiy to bypass a traditional initial public offering.