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Slack’s GM Predicts Agents Will Soon Outnumber Humans on the Platform
Slack is about to become a place where most of its users don’t need it — at least not in any human sense. The platform has long been where work happens. That’s been the pitch since day one. But spend time with General Manager Rob Seaman and you start to wonder whether the work happening […]
Slackbot Steps Into the AI Spotlight
For more than a decade, Slack has positioned itself as a place where work happens (remember this commercial?). It has become a central part of how teams communicate and collaborate. But one of its most overlooked features—the Slackbot—is now stepping into a much bigger role and becoming what Salesforce describes as the “ultimate teammate.” Slackbot […]
New Salesforce Agentforce Contact Center Unifies AI, CRM, and Telephony to End Disjointed Service Calls
Salesforce is pressing ahead with its plan to weave AI agents into every corner of sales and marketing. Its latest move is Agentforce Contact Center, a new agentic customer service platform blending all avenues of communication with AI and an enterprise-grade CRM. With it, organizations can better predict their customer’s needs using real-time access to […]
Salesforce Tracks OpenClaw, Seeing Lessons for AI Agents
Salesforce is paying close attention to the development of OpenClaw, betting that technology enabling AI agents to operate computers autonomously could fundamentally change how enterprise software is used, automated, and scaled. The company believes these sophisticated bots can add significant value, but warns that it’s critical to harness this power correctly and ensure the right […]
Salesforce Brings Slack and Agentforce Into Claude to Let AI Work Where Users Already Are
Salesforce and Anthropic are back with new integrations that make it easier for enterprise workers to use their preferred AI tools on the job. Today’s announcements build on a longstanding partnership between the two tech firms, dating back to 2024. Teams can now use Slack’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) App directly in Claude, transforming the […]
Slack’s New AI Slackbot Is Less About Chat and More About Running the Workplace
Slack bills itself as “where work happens.” Lately, the Salesforce-owned company has been working hard to make that slogan more literal, rolling out features designed not just to speed up how work gets done, but also to keep workers in the app for longer periods. On Tuesday, Slack reinforced that positioning with the general availability […]
Salesforce Launches New Agentforce Observability Tools to Solve the AI Black Box
Salesforce is introducing new tools in its Agentforce 360 platform to provide greater transparency, giving enterprises clearer insight into how AI agents behave. The goal: crack open the proverbial black box that has slowed AI adoption and undermined trust. As organizations push to build truly agentic enterprises, the ability to observe and understand these bots […]
Salesforce Buys Spindle AI to Strengthen Accountability Across Agentforce 360
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Salesforce is buying an(other) AI startup. The enterprise tech giant announced on Friday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spindle AI, an agentic analytics startup. Financial deals weren’t disclosed, but Salesforce reveals that it plans to integrate Spindle’s technology to bolster the “Agent Observability and […]
With Agentforce IT Service, Salesforce Redefines ITSM Around AI Agents and Employee Experience
Salesforce has delivered on its promise with the launch of an AI-powered IT service tool that lets companies deploy agents to automate incidents, handle service requests, and manage tickets directly through Slack. Agentforce IT Service, as it’s called, is built to eliminate the more than 350 hours employees spend annually solving common and complex IT […]
Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 Aims to Help Companies Escape ‘AI Pilot Purgatory’
Welcome to the era of the agentic enterprise. At this year’s Dreamforce event, Salesforce is unveiling Agentforce 360, a major upgrade to its agentic development platform. The company says it brings together humans, AI agents, apps, and data to help organizations forge stronger connections with customers, employees, and suppliers. “What we want to see is […]