Salesforce is making progress in carrying out a US$500mn investment in Argentina focused on agentic artificial intelligence (AI), training, and the digitalization of the public sector and SMEs, in a context of business transformation in the country.  The company, which doubled its business in the country over the last two years, sees high growth potential and questions the so-called “SaaS Apocalypse,” a term associated with the drop in the share value of major technology comp

Dan Ives is calling the turn. With geopolitical tensions easing after Iran ceasefire developments , the Wedbush analyst sees a risk-on shift underway—and argues that tech stocks, especially Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT ), Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM ) and ServiceNow, Inc (NYSE:NOW ), are mispriced right as AI demand accelerates. https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/04/51713873/microsoft-salesforce-servicenow-sell-off-is-overdone-dan-ives

In a move that fundamentally reshapes the landscape of enterprise software, Salesforce ( NYSE: CRM ) has confirmed its acquisition of cloud security pioneer Wiz for $18 billion. This landmark deal marks the company’s largest move into the cybersecurity sector, signaling a definitive shift from traditional customer relationship management toward a holistic, security-first enterprise AI platform. By integrating Wiz’s cutting-edge security posture management into its core infras

Salesforce has launched an unprecedented $50 billion capital return initiative, underscoring management’s deep conviction in the company’s future. Half of this amount was swiftly put to work through a $25 billion accelerated share repurchase (ASR)—the largest of its kind ever executed. This action follows a $25 billion senior notes offering, marking the biggest corporate debt issuance in the tech sector for 2026. Together, these moves highlight Salesforce’s commitment to rewa

On the eve of Salesforce 's latest earnings report, CEO Marc Benioff invited Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri over for drinks. Both men run companies squarely in the blast radius of a debate that has taken hold across Silicon Valley and Wall Street: Will artificial intelligence be the death knell for some of the most influential companies in Big Tech? https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-microsoft-stocks-down-ai-replacement-future-of-software-2026-4

Salesforce Co-Founder and CEO , Marc Benioff , says companies cutting jobs for financial and structural reasons are hiding behind a convenient scapegoat… AI. The wave of tech layoffs over the past 18 months has come with a familiar explanation attached: AI made us do it. But Benioff isn’t buying it. https://www.cxtoday.com/workforce-engagement-management/benioff-ai-layoffs-scapegoat-cx/

Salesforce just made its biggest play for the enterprise AI market, and it looks strikingly familiar. The company has rolled out more than 30 new artificial intelligence capabilities to Slackbot, the embedded assistant within its popular workplace messaging platform. Unveiled in late March, this overhaul represents the most significant update to Slack since Salesforce completed its $27.7 billion acquisition of the collaboration tool in 2021. The timing and scope of this upgra

Marc Benioff, CEO of US-based cloud software company Salesforce, has said that many companies are wrongly blaming artificial intelligence for layoffs, arguing that the current wave of job cuts is being misunderstood. In a recent interview with tech company Forward Future, Benioff said Salesforce now employs a record number of people, exceeding 83,000, but acknowledged that the company went through an "uncomfortable period" of rebalancing its workforce over the past five years

In one of the boldest moves in Salesforce’s 27-year history, Marc Benioff is putting the world’s largest enterprise-apps business plus its $800-million agentic AI business under the orchestration of a new UI called Slackbot being positioned as the “front door to the Agentic Enterprise.” Benioff’s strategy is that the wild new world of AI requires a radically different approach in how businesses deploy technology to innovate and grow. https://cloudwars.com/ai/marc-benioff-bet

According to Financial Express , Benioff was speaking on The Future Live hosted by Matt Berman, where he said AI is sometimes used as a “scapegoat” for broader structural and financial decisions within companies. Benioff said many observers do not fully understand the forces behind recent job cuts. He argued that attributing layoffs to AI alone risks oversimplifying a complex situation. https://enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/industry/salesforce-ceo-blaming