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Layoffs rock Salesforce in San Francisco’s as tech giant leans in to AI
Salesforce is set to eliminate dozens of jobs at its San Francisco headquarters, making it the tech giant's fourth round of layoffs in less than a year as AI is implemented throughout the company. The cuts will occur on Oct. 5 at the company's 415 Mission St. office, according to a notice filed with state officials Wednesday. The jobs eliminated include 37 technology and product positions, 34 administrative roles and three sales and distribution jobs. https://finance.yahoo.c
Joseph K
Aug 7
Salesforce promotes Miguel Milano to operating chief under Marc Benioff
Salesforce has promoted President and Chief Revenue Officer Miguel Milano to chief operating officer, giving the veteran sales executive a broader role under Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, CNBC reported Wednesday. Milano has led Salesforce’s worldwide sales and distribution since rejoining the company in August 2023. Salesforce’s public biography still carried his previous title when reviewed Thursday, and the company had not published a detailed breakdown of the operations that
Joseph K
Aug 6
Marc Benioff Says Wall Street's Fears That AI Will Kill Salesforce Are "Dead Wrong" Even as CRM Stock Has Fallen Over 30% in 2026. Should Investors Bet on His Conviction?
Investors who buy Salesforce today are really betting on whether CEO Marc Benioff's "agentic enterprise" vision sticks, not just whether the next quarter beats expectations. His conviction isn't just bravado; it's tied to a specific bet that artificial intelligence (AI) will become digital labor within Salesforce rather than a commodity feature that would make its platform irrelevant. That makes the stock a higher‑risk, higher‑reward hold or accumulation story, not a sleepy b
Joseph K
Aug 6
Salesforce cutting 59 jobs across Seattle and Bellevue offices
Salesforce is cutting 59 jobs in Washington state, impacting a wide variety of tech roles at offices in Seattle and Bellevue, according to a new state filing. The layoffs at the San Francisco-based enterprise software giant, as well as data visualization company Tableau, are effective Oct. 5 according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification from the state’s Employment Security Department. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/salesforce-cutting-59-jobs-across-seattle-and-b
Joseph K
Aug 6
Salesforce’s Agentforce Deployment: A Major shift for Military HR Operations?
Salesforce announced that U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) has selected its Missionforce National Security platform to deploy Agentforce, making HRC the first Department of War organization to run the newly IL5-authorized Agentforce in Salesforce’s Impact Level 5 environment. The deployment projects 55 million agent conversations per month and $6 million in annual savings [1][1], providing concrete ROI evidence at a moment when 90.4% of enterprise decision-makers rank
Joseph K
Aug 5
Salesforce Secures IL5 Authorization for Agentforce, Army HRC First to Deploy
Salesforce announced on Aug. 5 that it has secured Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorization for its Agentforce 360 platform, with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) becoming the first Department of Defense (DOD) organization to deploy the technology. Under the Trump administration, the DOD has been rebranded as the Department of War. The new authorization allows DOD organizations to deploy Salesforce’s portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, data capabilities, an
Joseph K
Aug 5
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