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4 Types of Consumers—and What They Expect From AI Agents
When it comes to AI agents, most of the conversation has centered around enterprise and B2B use cases. But consumer interest is growing—and it’s too big to ignore. New research from Salesforce reveals that everyday users are just as eager to engage with AI agents, not just for productivity, but also for personalized support in […]
4 Steps to Building Smarter AI Agents
IN THIS ISSUE: Dive into Salesforce’s new framework for CIOs, offering advice on how their organizations can effectively harness the power of AI agents. Explore the four steps necessary to develop mature, intelligent, effective bots, and discover how companies can align their AI strategies with business goals. Plus, catch up on the latest from Google […]
Salesforce Bets Big on Agentblazers: Training One Million Builders for the AI Era
As Salesforce further promotes its vision of an agentic workforce, it must equip the next generation of builders with the necessary knowledge to unleash these AI bots. To accomplish this, the enterprise tech firm has turned to a familiar playbook while also banking heavily on its Trailhead education platform. It has set an ambitious goal: […]
Salesforce Expands Agentforce to Bring ‘Proactive’ AI Agents to Any App or Workflow
Salesforce is updating its agentic development platform, infusing AI agents with new autonomous capabilities. With the release of Agentforce 2dx, created bots are moving away from the confines of a chat interface and can now be embeddable in any application, workflow, or process. The newest Agentforce update, revealed at Salesforce’s TDX conference, includes new features designed […]
Salesforce Unveils AgentExchange, a Built-In Marketplace for Agentforce
Twenty years ago, Salesforce introduced AppExchange, a cloud-based marketplace for business applications. It was designed to strengthen the platform and provide CRM administrators and developers with a space to showcase their apps. Since then, it has become a key part of Salesforce’s ecosystem. Today, there have been more than 13 million installs, and it now […]
Salesforce’s Next Big Challenge: Convincing Developers to Build AI Agents
Marc Benioff believes we’re in the era of digital labor, an opportunity Salesforce’s charismatic chief executive concedes his company is still trying to grasp. “We can see a new world opening when we look at digital labor. When we’re talking about [AI] agents, we’re talking about digital labor,” he proclaimed in December, valuing it as […]
IT Leaders Bet on AI Agents to Ease Growing Workloads, But Integration Remains a Major Hurdle
Companies are embracing the artificial intelligence revolution, turning to AI agents to help them scale for the future. That’s good news for enterprise agentic platform providers like Salesforce, Zendesk, and ServiceNow and startups like Cognition Labs, Adept AI, and LangChain. However, while there’s tech adoption, it’s not being smartly executed. New research from MuleSoft, Venson […]
Salesforce Unveils Agentforce 2.0, Bringing AI Agents to Slack and Introducing Advanced Atlas Reasoning
As AI agents take center stage in 2024, Salesforce is fully leaning into the trend. In October, the cloud computing company launched Agentforce, a platform that lets anyone quickly build advanced AI bots and connect them to enterprise data. Two months later, it’s introducing its next-generation AI agent offering, which aims to redefine “AI agents across […]
Salesforce Emphasizes Bench Strength as it Navigates Agentforce Future Amid Key AI Executive Departure
Clara Shih stepped onto the stage in a room with tens of thousands of people and many more online watching. Introduced by Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff, Shih would showcase the company’s most significant product releases in years. As the head of Salesforce AI, she made the case for why organizations want to use the […]
Salesforce’s Agentforce Goes Live, Turning Up the Heat in the AI Agent Fight With Microsoft
Get ready for a proliferation of autonomous agents. Salesforce’s Agentforce platform is now generally available, publicly launching more than a month after its introduction. With it, the company is ushering in the democratization of sophisticated AI bots, providing a solution in which anyone can quickly develop AI agents that connect with their enterprise data and […]