Salesforce has announced an expanded partnership with Databricks to integrate AI agents more effectively within enterprise workflows [1]. This collaboration aims to address the critical challenge of connecting enterprise data with necessary context and security, a move that could reshape data management strategies across industries. https://futurumgroup.com/insights/salesforce-and-databricks-forge-new-ai-partnership-whats-at-stake/

Over the past two years, many enterprises have taken a maximalist approach to AI adoption — launching more use cases, onboarding more employees, deploying more agents, and consuming more tokens. For a new technology, this was rational. Enterprises did not yet know which workflows would be transformed, which models were reliable enough or which employees would adopt the tool. The fastest way to find out was to deploy as many agents and run as many pilots as possible to figure

Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, said the company was “all in on Agentforce” when it launched in 2024, but so far, only 34% of customers have adopted it. As a result, the company has lost more than $200 billion in market value, and analysts are saying Agentforce isn’t ready for prime time. So, are companies not interested in agentic AI, or just not ready for it? And what does that mean for marketers? https://martech.org/salesforces-woes-underline-marketings-agentic-ai-problems

Pricing uncertainty paired with enterprise data readiness, not a lack of enterprise interest, is slowing broader Agentforce adoption, analysts say. Salesforce’s AI agent platform, Agentforce, is seeing weaker-than-expected customer traction, according to a recent KeyBanc Capital Markets investment research note, which attributed the slowdown in part to the product itself, stating that “Agentforce, as a product, just isn’t there” yet, following customer checks and a CIO survey

As companies race to switch on AI agents inside Salesforce, Clavera is offering 13 of them a free, read-only Agent-Readiness X-Ray: a map of exactly what an AI agent would set off when it acts inside their org, before anything goes live. The only thing asked in return is honest feedback while the product matures. https://www.prlog.org/13158686-salesforce-agent-readiness-ray-offered-free-to-13-companies-as-ai-agents-reach-the-crm.html

Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) is one of the best stocks to buy for the AI boom in the second half of 2026. Analysts project a 48% upside potential for Salesforce shares from the current price, and some 101 hedge funds have Salesforce stock in their portfolios. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/air-force-selects-salesforce-inc-185000854.html