Salesforce is a company that provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and enterprise cloud services. Recent coverage has focused on AI: in October 2026 it agreed to acquire marketing platform Braze for almost $5.7 billion; in September 2026 it unveiled Koa, its first CRM reasoning model built on Nvidia Nemotron and integrated into Agentforce; and it projected about $63 billion in revenue by fiscal 2030. Siemens also deepened its AI partnership with Salesforce, and Dreamforce drew over 43,000 attendees.
Hurston-1 open-source TTS speaks Southern, Afro-EnglishAtlanta-based Destined AI released Hurston-1, an Apache-2.0 narrowband TTS model strong in Southern American and regional African English accents, fine-tuned on 136 hours of consented audio from Maya1. The founder says it has supported customers like Amazon and Salesforce and generated over $500K.
Salesforce to acquire marketing platform Braze for $5.7BSalesforce has agreed to acquire Braze, an AI-powered marketing platform, for almost $5.7 billion in enterprise value, expanding its marketing cloud capabilities. It marks another major deal by Salesforce in AI-driven marketing.
Trump's AI rebrand gains traction with Musk and BenioffTrump is pushing to rename 'artificial intelligence' to 'super intelligence' and signed an executive order directing federal agencies to use the new term, calling non-adopters 'the enemy.' Musk and Benioff echoed the move, proposing to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce to SpaceXSI and SIForce.
TikTok rolls out AI shopping assistant and one-click checkoutTikTok launched an AI shopping assistant and in-app one-click checkout, letting users buy directly from brands in the For You feed. The conversational agent understands context, remembers preferences and gives real-time guidance on product details, shipping and sizing. Built with partners including Salesforce, Shopify and Stripe, it aims to keep shopping inside the app.
AI boom brings Bay Area wealth and growing affordability worriesRedfin estimates current and former OpenAI and Anthropic employees hold nearly $200 billion in after-tax equity, roughly 29% of the value of all residential real estate in the San Francisco metro area. The AI boom is creating wealth but also fueling affordability concerns, with some buyers using pre-IPO stock for home purchases.
Siemens and Salesforce Deepen AI PartnershipAccording to Industrial Equipment News, Siemens and Salesforce are deepening their AI partnership, aiming to redefine industrial sales and service. The report gives no investment amount, deal structure or product details.
Salesforce sees $63B revenue by fiscal 2030Salesforce provided a long-term outlook exceeding analyst estimates, projecting about $63 billion in revenue by fiscal 2030, indicating plans to sustain growth amid intensifying AI competition.
Jensen Huang Unveils Salesforce Reasoning Model KoaNVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced at Dreamforce that Salesforce’s first CRM reasoning model, Koa, was built by post‑training NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super; he stressed that safety is paramount and an engineering problem.
Anthropic, Salesforce CEOs call for more AI helpBloomberg cites Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff saying companies are only beginning to use AI tools and need more help to realize their full business benefits.
Salesforce debuts Koa reasoning model on Nvidia NemotronAt Dreamforce Salesforce unveiled Koa, its first reasoning model built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron, optimized for sales, marketing and customer-support tasks. Koa offers enterprises an open-weight alternative that was post-trained without ingesting customer data, integrates into Agentforce, and aims to reduce token costs while meeting data-security requirements.
Dreamforce draws 43,000+ amid AI debateSalesforce's Dreamforce in San Francisco drew over 43,000 attendees with AI and AI agents the main focus. Some participants praised tools like Claude and enterprise AI use, while figures such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged an industrywide slowdown of advanced AI development, sparking debate about safety versus pace.
Slack launches Surfaces for interactive reports in chatSlack's new Slackforce Surfaces lets users tell Slackbot what they need and uses AI to pull data from conversations and connected apps (like Google Drive or Salesforce) to create interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, and microsites that can be shared and pinned in channels.
Listen Labs scraps $125M Series C amid Salesforce talksListen Labs walked away from a signed $125M Series C term sheet—reportedly due to ongoing ~$2B acquisition talks with Salesforce—and may return to market at a $2B+ target if a deal collapses.
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