# Press releases

> Official Pachca press releases and company news: product launches, partnerships and corporate updates.

Источник: https://pachca.com/en/blog/press-releases

## Official company news and announcements

![The best team chat apps of 2026: our ranking](https://pachca.com/blog/rating2026_cover.avif)

[Product](https://pachca.com/en/blog/reyting-luchshih-korporativnyh-messendzherov-2026)

### The best team chat apps of 2026: our ranking

We tested 16 popular tools for work and team communication, from Russian team chat apps to alternatives to Slack, Teams and Telegram. We pulled everything into a comparison table that rates them on 100+ criteria: video calls, threads, bots, API, security and integrations. 🔍

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![Pachca launches an MCP server for connecting AI agents](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-mcp-server-dlya-ai-agentov.jpg)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-mcp-server-dlya-ai-agentov)

### Pachca launches an MCP server for connecting AI agents

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI tools can now work with information in Pachca through MCP

November 3, 2026

![Every other employee at Russian companies uses a personal AI account for work, Pachca study finds](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-issledovanie-tenevoy-ii-v-rabote.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-issledovanie-tenevoy-ii-v-rabote)

### Every other employee at Russian companies uses a personal AI account for work, Pachca study finds

A survey of 798 employees: 88% use AI at work, but only one in four say their company has rolled it out officially, with tools and rules

July 27, 2026

![Pachca becomes the first Russian team chat app in the official n8n catalog](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-v-kataloge-n8n.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-v-kataloge-n8n)

### Pachca becomes the first Russian team chat app in the official n8n catalog

The international automation platform's catalog now has four Russian services: Bitrix24, Unisender, Tilda and Pachca, the first team chat app from Russia

May 15, 2026

![Deckhouse Stronghold and Pachca receive a compatibility certificate](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-i-deckhouse-stronghold-sertifikat-sovmestimosti.png)

[Press releases Partner](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-i-deckhouse-stronghold-sertifikat-sovmestimosti)

### Deckhouse Stronghold and Pachca receive a compatibility certificate

A BYOK integration: the encryption keys for messages, files and the search index are stored in Stronghold on the company's own servers

May 6, 2026

![Pachca sees a fivefold jump in sign-ups as businesses brace for a Telegram block](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-rost-registraciy-blokirovka-telegram.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-rost-registraciy-blokirovka-telegram)

### Pachca sees a fivefold jump in sign-ups as businesses brace for a Telegram block

Over the weekend of March 14–15, company sign-ups grew roughly fivefold amid Telegram outages

March 16, 2026

![Pachca opens up developer tools for connecting your own AI agents](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-ai-agenty-instrumenty-dlya-razrabotchikov.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-ai-agenty-instrumenty-dlya-razrabotchikov)

### Pachca opens up developer tools for connecting your own AI agents

Docs, ready-made integrations and code samples. Agents work inside threads and can bring in the right employees thanks to cross-chat threads

March 12, 2026

![Pachca and the developer of RED OS announce a technology partnership](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-i-red-soft-tehnologicheskoe-partnerstvo.png)

[Press releases Partner](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-i-red-soft-tehnologicheskoe-partnerstvo)

### Pachca and the developer of RED OS announce a technology partnership

The team chat app is officially certified to run on the Russian operating system RED OS and is now listed in the RED SOFT technology partner registry

February 19, 2026

![Team communication on a Russian operating system: Pachca is certified for Astra Linux](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-sertificirovana-dlya-astra-linux.png)

[Press releases Partner](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-sertificirovana-dlya-astra-linux)

### Team communication on a Russian operating system: Pachca is certified for Astra Linux

The team chat app has been certified for Astra Linux and joined the Ready for Astra partner program in the communication software category

December 26, 2025

![Pachca launches a new video platform](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-zapusk-novoy-videoplatformy.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-zapusk-novoy-videoplatformy)

### Pachca launches a new video platform

The new architecture supports up to 1,000 participants at once, and every call automatically gets a meeting chat that stays after the call ends

December 24, 2025

![Pachca announces hybrid on-premise (BYOK)](https://pachca.com/blog/pachka-byok-gibridnoe-on-premise-reshenie.png)

[Press releases](https://pachca.com/en/blog/pachka-byok-gibridnoe-on-premise-reshenie)

### Pachca announces hybrid on-premise (BYOK)

Companies can manage their own encryption keys through Yandex KMS, Cloud.ru KMS or HashiCorp Vault

August 25, 2025