Salesforce CEO: AI Agents Could Replace Hiring Gig Workers

Salesforce CEO: AI Agents Could Replace Hiring Gig Workers

For $2 a conversation, a new AI agent from Salesforce can answer questions from customers and schedule meetings — without a human being needed for oversight. The AI agent technology, which Salesforce announced earlier this week at its annual Dreamforce event, has the potential to disrupt jobs currently held by human workers. Nearly three million … Read more

Salesforce to acquire Own for $1.9 billion in cash

Salesforce to acquire Own for .9 billion in cash

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, speaks during a keynote at the Dreamforce 2023 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce announced Thursday that it would pay $1.9 billion in cash for Own Co., a startup specializing in tools for backing up data in cloud-based applications. Salesforce … Read more

Salesforce shareholders vote against pay for Benioff, top executives

Salesforce shareholders vote against pay for Benioff, top executives

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Halil Sagirkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Salesforce investors voted against the company’s compensation plan for top executives, after shareholder advisory groups raised concerns about equity awards granted to CEO Marc Benioff. According to a regulatory filing on Monday, … Read more

Who said what at the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Who said what at the World Economic Forum (WEF)

People attend the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters The potential for generative artificial intelligence, when interest rates might be cut, and the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip were key topics at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this … Read more

SF billionaire donates massive gift to combat ‘scary’ Hawaii situation

SF billionaire donates massive gift to combat ‘scary’ Hawaii situation

A San Francisco tech billionaire known for giving substantial donations to a Bay Area children’s hospital and local schools is now assisting Hawaii in its housing crisis. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, and his wife Lynne, a well-known philanthropist, recently announced a donation of 282 acres to the nonprofit Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC). The … Read more