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Salesforce lays off staff working on Agentforce AI despite major push

Salesforce is reportedly conducting another round of job cuts, impacting employees on its Agentforce AI platform. This follows earlier layoffs and a strategic shift towards AI-powered products, with CEO Marc Benioff even considering rebranding the company as Agentforce. Despite past adoption concerns, Salesforce claims Agentforce has achieved over $1 billion in annualized revenue.

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Salesforce lays off employees in a new round of cuts

The SaaS giant has been hit by concern that AI could replace some traditional software services.

I left Salesforce in my 50s to start my own company. AI made it feel possible.

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Contentful tops off Salesforce's 'headless' bet, analyst says

Lacking an enterprise content layer for Headless 360, CRM titan went shopping

Nvidia CEO agrees with TCS, Salesforce, SAP CEOs: It's an incredible time to be a software company

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses fears of a "SaaSpocalypse," asserting that agentic AI presents immense opportunities for software firms. He argues that AI agents will boost, not replace, software, provided companies adapt their products. Huang also criticizes CEOs blaming AI for layoffs, calling such justifications "lazy" and illogical given AI's recent widespread adoption.

Salesforce Japan to focus on helping firms deploy AI effectively

Salesforce Japan's CEO said firms often have fragmented systems in which data is scattered across departments, making it difficult for AI to access and use information efficiently.

Salesforce CEO says company has almost not hired engineers since last 2 years, reason is 'AI Coding Agents'

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff stated the company has "almost not hired engineers" in two years due to AI coding agents, keeping their engineering workforce flat. While AI handles coding and support, human sales roles are critical for growth. Salesforce reported a record quarter, with AI projected to power future projects.

Snowflake surges 35% toward best day ever on AI frenzy, fueling software rally

The Snowflake rally also lifted shares of ServiceNow, Oracle and Palantir, while Salesforce bucked the trend.

Salesforce shares dip on soft revenue outlook as AI disruption concerns linger

While the company’s Agentforce offering is picking up steam, Salesforce didn’t deliver the top-line growth investors wanted to see

Salesforce waves bye-bye to UI in 'headless' embrace

Anthropic's use of Sales Cloud increased five-fold as its workers access Salesforce through Claude and Slack

Salesforce's beat fails to convince the market that software can survive AI

Salesforce is doing everything it can to signal to the market that this year's sell-off is unwarranted.

The SaaS-pocalypse can wait, Salesforce still has customers where it wants them

AI coding agents may make software cheaper to build, but switching off major platforms remains expensive and risky