Salesforce just dropped $8 billion on Informatica. Here’s why it’s key to Marc Benioff’s ambitious bet on AI agents

fortune.com/2025/05/27/salesforce-informatica-acquisition-marc-benioff-ai-agents

Salesforce already possesses an extraordinary amount of data on the world’s biggest companies. The software giant’s acquisition of data management and analytics firm Informatica, however, signals its AI-agent platform, dubbed “Agentforce,” might need a boost.
Salesforce’s dramatic pivot…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-27 18:23:58.
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