The Bob developer says its platform can provide the workforce data, organizational context and permissions needed to deploy AI tools and agents inside companies. HiBob, the developer of the Bob employee management platform, has completed a $166 million funding round led by Salesforce. The round is the largest in the company’s history. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1wfdqnuge

Amazon stock jumped 4% on news of a massive 2-million GPU deal with NVIDIA, while NVIDIA stock fell 4% amid a broader semiconductor selloff and supply chain margin fears.

AWS is doubling down on its AI computing power, announcing a massive infrastructure expansion to deploy 2 million additional NVIDIA GPUs across its global data centers by 2028.

Excerpt AWS is bringing ultra-low latency cloud computing and advanced AI directly to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a massive new infrastructure region supporting Vision 2030.

Salesforce and Anthropic are announcing Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership bringing Claude’s intelligence and reasoning together with Salesforce’s trusted enterprise harness to make its data, workflows, business logic, actions, and governance securely accessible to power agentic experiences wherever work happens. https://www.martechcube.com/salesforce-and-anthropic-launch-claudeforce-the-1-ai-meets-1-ai-crm/

On August 31, 2026, Salesforce Inc CRM announced a significant shift in its pricing strategy for AI products, moving from fixed subscription fees to usage-based pricing. This change reflects the growing demand for AI solutions and the need for pricing models that align with the value delivered to clients. https://www.gurufocus.com/news/9059714/salesforce-adopts-usagebased-pricing-amid-ai-transformation