Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has voiced support for President Donald Trump and encouraged the National Guard’s deployment to San Francisco to address rising crime. His support drew backlash from local officials, who warned the move could resemble an occupation. The San Francisco Mayor’s Office argued the deployment could endanger residents and escalate tensions. Benioff said, “We don’t have enough cops, so if (the National Guard) can be cops, I’m all for it.” He added, “I full

There’s a 5 step roadmap to turn your startup vision into a measurable success, used by the Salesforce CEO to grow his business from zero to $35 billion, later used by an extremely successful couple to build a business they sold to him for $745 million – and then used by them in 100 startups that generated another $10 billion. https://www.forbes.com/sites/margotmachol/2025/10/30/the-35b-system-used-by-salesforce-and-the-founders-who-sold-to-them/

Salesforce's Chief Digital Evangelist, Vala Afshar, delivered a compelling message at Dreamforce, emphasizing the critical need for companies to evolve their technological approaches in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Afshar's remarks underscore the transformative impact of AI on business strategies and operations. https://scanx.trade/stock-market-news/global/salesforce-executive-urges-companies-to-adapt-ai-strategies-for-future-relevance/23299443

Salesforce India has announced the availability of Agentforce Life Sciences for customer engagement, extending the Agentforce Life Sciences portfolio with a new agent-first solution that revolutionizes the way life sciences companies interact with healthcare professionals (HCPs). The new module aims to solve a critical industry challenge. Burnt-out physicians have 75% more information per drug to parse through than a decade ago, but barely a third of healthcare professionals

Communications scholar Marshall McLuhan’s prescient 1964 bestseller, Understanding Media, argued that “the media is the message,” in which the technology overtakes the spoken words it transmits. In fact, the core messages can get garbled if the media can’t keep up with the intended meaning. Ironically, the media echo chamber initially misunderstood key messages from Salesforce founder Marc Benioff about the safety context of the San Francisco-based Dreamforce extravaganza, a

The dust has settled on Dreamforce, Salesforce’s well-attended San Francisco fete. Our takeaway? Salesforce is setting the pace with a platform for AI agents embedded in business applications, and it’s made huge progress on its products and partnerships in the last year. Salesforce claims that its (newly renamed) Agentforce 360 product has 6,000 paying customers . But in customer conversations and sessions, we saw little adoption or impact from AI agents — lots of potential b

Salesforce, Inc. CRM has been encountering a slowing growth trend over the past several quarters. For years, the company delivered double-digit revenue increases. However, that pace has slowed to single digits over the past year, raising questions about what can drive the momentum back on track. Looking at the last quarter’s financial performance, we consider that its rapidly growing Data Cloud business could play a key role in bringing the overall top-line growth in the dou

Payment processors and commerce platforms are trying to build infrastructure for a future where consumers shop through AI intermediaries rather than clicking through traditional websites.  Salesforce has now announced integration with the Agentic Commerce Protocol developed by Stripe and OpenAI – marking the first partnership between a commerce platform provider and the payments infrastructure following the protocol’s introduction. https://aimagazine.com/news/salesforce-part

Cloud-based software company Salesforce is expanding its presence in the Philippines, citing strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and digital transformation among local enterprises. The company, best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) platform, is preparing to establish a local entity “imminently,” said Salesforce Phili­ppines country leader Abraham “Abe” Cuevas, who called the market one of the largest and fastest-growing in Southeast As

As the business technology landscape evolves, the partnership between Salesforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to redefine how small and medium-sized businesses leverage artificial intelligence. Salesforce recently announced significant advancements in AI tools through its partnership with AWS, highlighting the rapid adoption of AI agents as essential systems in the workplace. For small and medium-sized businesses, these developments promise not only increased efficien