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Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in April (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
Factory, an AI startup building adaptive coding agents called Droids that dynamically select models by task complexity, secured $200M in new funding at a $5B valuation — a 233% increase from its $1.5B valuation just four months prior.
Sep 15, 2026
Marc Benioff is getting his mojo back as Salesforce's AI strength quiets skeptics - CNBC
Salesforce, under Marc Benioff, is portrayed as regaining credibility and market confidence due to perceived advances in its AI strategy, countering prior investor and analyst skepticism.
Aug 29, 2026
Marc Benioff is getting his mojo back as Salesforce's AI strength quiets skeptics
Salesforce's stock surged to its second-best single-day performance after earnings, interpreted by financial markets as validation of CEO Marc Benioff’s AI strategy and a reversal of prior investor skepticism.
Aug 28, 2026
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the ‘SaaSpocalypse’ is nonsense. Here's why
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff publicly dismissed the term 'SaaSpocalypse' — a media-coined label for perceived slowdowns in SaaS growth, valuation corrections, and enterprise software spending — framing it as alarmist and disconnected from underlying demand and innovation.
Aug 27, 2026
Salesforce, Anthropic expand partnership as Benioff responds to ‘SaaSpocalypse’ concerns
Salesforce and Anthropic expanded their AI partnership amid investor concerns about slowing SaaS growth, framing the move as a strategic response to market headwinds and a step toward next-generation AI-native interfaces.
Aug 27, 2026
Marc Benioff Says Wall Street's Fears That AI Will Kill Salesforce Are "Dead Wrong" Even as CRM Stock Has Fallen Over 30% in 2026. Should Investors Bet on His Conviction? - Yahoo Finance
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff publicly dismisses investor concerns that AI will disrupt or replace Salesforce’s CRM business, even as the company’s stock has declined more than 30% in 2026 — a divergence between leadership rhetoric and market valuation.
Aug 8, 2026
Salesforce appoints Miguel Milano, its chief revenue officer, as COO; Chief Operating and Financial Officer Robin Washington will keep her title (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Salesforce promoted Miguel Milano from Chief Revenue Officer to Chief Operating Officer, while Robin Washington retains her title as Chief Operating and Financial Officer — a structural leadership adjustment amid ongoing organizational scaling.
Aug 6, 2026
Marc Benioff gets a new operating chief, as Salesforce promotes Miguel Milano
Salesforce appointed Miguel Milano, its revenue head and former Oracle executive, as operating chief — a newly elevated leadership role signaling internal restructuring and strategic prioritization of operational execution.
Aug 6, 2026
June, which aims to help enterprise AI deployment by finding bottlenecks and building agents, emerges from stealth with $20M led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
June, an AI infrastructure startup focused on enterprise AI deployment optimization and agent-building, raised $20M in seed funding led by Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures after emerging from stealth.
Aug 3, 2026
A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
June, a startup backed by Marc Benioff, raised $20M in pre-seed funding to build tools that simplify enterprise AI deployment.
Aug 3, 2026