#enterprise software

Salesforce's Agent Strategy Puts Slack at the Center of Work

Salesforce wants Slack to be where people direct and review AI agents at work. It paid $25 billion for Slack, a business then earning about $900 million a year. Blocked from OpenAI, Salesforce backed Anthropic, Mistral AI, Sakana AI and Cohere. Contracts can mix six pricing measures, from seats to a share of business value. Startups: map the data, permissions and human review point your agent needs first.