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Can AI Replace Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff?
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-26 14:05
You've said you won't hire any more coders at Salesforce and you've said today's CEOs will be the last to manage all human workforces. What does this mean for businesses. Well, I think I just had a meeting, you know, coming from a meeting with my head of engineering and we're looking at productivity levels of 30 to 50% this year in key functions like engineering, coding, support, you're saying service.AI is doing 30 to 50% of the work. AI is doing 30 to 50% of the work at Salesforce now and I think that tha ...
This Is Marc Benioff's Eras Tour
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-25 20:00
Did you really come up with the idea for Salesforce while you were swimming with dolphins in Hawaii. I did. I did.I I I do a great dolphin imitation. Did you know that. Can you.Oh my god. How do they respond. This is Mark Penny off, CEO and founder of Salesforce, the world's number one customer relationship management or CRM software provider.It's like walking with a rock star. Yeah, I'm like the Taylor Swift of tech. Don't worry, we'll give him a chance to explain that one.Do you feel like you're sort of r ...
Why Should Prediction Markets Matter?
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-25 18:00
you think about it, it's not just um the market anymore. Now, you can bet on kind of anything, right. If you think about these election betting platforms, I I actually think prediction markets are fantastic because, you know, we're in this sort of era of informationational breakdown.It's so hard to sense make about what's true and what's not. Like if I want to know like what's the likelihood that this thing that you know some big political things happened and someone makes this statement about it I would go ...
How Bill Belichick Learned to Motivate
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-25 16:00
Bill Belichick learned how to motivate at the highest level early on and he shares that lesson with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly. Watch the full episode of The Deal on the Bloomberg app or listen wherever you get your podcasts. -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months: https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions?in_source=YoutubeOriginals Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curiou ...
Inside Salesforce HQ With Marc Benioff
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-24 20:00
So today we're interviewing Mark Beni off. He's a huge philanthropist. His name is on a lot of the hospitals in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and Hawaii.He once told me that he's the Taylor Swift of Tech. Do I even exist. Is this an existential thing.Should I bring in some spiritual guru. I don't know. Behold the tower pointing to the future.Believe it or not, Salesforce has 11 mascots. Should we headbutt. This is the view from the Ohana room. This is where the agents are being born.I just feel inspired. Hey ...
From Poker to the Trading Floor
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-24 18:00
Well, I was a poker player first and then I went from poker to finance. So, did you see similarities. Yeah, I mean, there's lots of similarities between poker and running a hedge fund.Uh, in both disciplines, you have to constantly be asking yourself, where does the money come from. Every strategy that we build at our firm, the basis of the strategy is some player in markets that we think is doing something non-economic. So, it's not necessarily like they're making a mistake, but they're they're buying or s ...
Jennifer Doudna on the Future of AI and Gene Editing
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-23 14:48
Industry Focus - Technology & Genomics - The Bloomberg Tech Conference brings together big tech voices [1] - The conference includes a live taping of "the circuit" [1] AI and Gene Editing - AI is viewed as a potentially exciting opportunity in gene editing [2] - AI is being used to improve genome editing proteins and predict the outcomes of gene editing experiments [2] - The biological research area currently lacks sufficient data to train AI models effectively [3] - AI may help understand which genes to edit, predict outcomes, and determine useful editing combinations for health [3]
How China is Beating India in Its Own Backyard
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-23 08:00
Geopolitical Landscape in the Indian Ocean - The Indian Ocean is vital for global commerce, serving as a critical passage for trade between Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia [1] - Increased competition exists between the US and China, and between China and India, for influence in the region [3] - President Trump's foreign policy shift has created uncertainty about the US's role, opening doors for China [3] - Tiny countries like Mauritius are being courted by major powers due to their strategic location [4] China's Growing Influence - China is investing billions in ports, infrastructure, and naval expansion in the Indian Ocean region, raising concerns in India [2] - As part of its Belt and Road Initiative, China is asserting regional influence with multibillion-dollar infrastructure investments [14] - China has built its first military base in Djibouti and is expanding its naval footprint in Cambodia [16] India's Response and Concerns - India relies on the Indian Ocean for approximately 95% of its international trade and 80% of its energy [11] - India is constructing a new airstrip on the Agaléga islands to track Chinese activity [7] - India has commissioned a new base on Minicoy Island and opened its first offshore military logistics hub at Duqm Port in Oman [20] - India views the potential for an external power, particularly China, to disrupt trade routes as a significant threat to its national security [17] US Role and Retreat - US cuts to foreign assistance are seen as an opportunity for China to fill the gaps [18] - The US base on Diego Garcia is crucial for countering China's growing presence in the region [19]
A-Rod Sees Big Growth Opportunity in Baseball
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-21 20:00
In a world where content is king, then certainly baseball should be king. When you're at Blackstone, when you're in Bloomberg, uh there should be your phone or your iPad where you can should be able to see all 30 teams in real time. Batting cages open.I want to see Aaron Judge. I want to see Otani, but not in uniform. I want to see him in shorts behind the scenes.What is he working on. What can I share with my son or daughter of Otani's mechanic. Because I'm also hearing them. I'm also seeing weight rooms a ...
David Blitzer’s Advice for Investing in Sports
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-06-20 20:00
So Dave, in 2010, that's a long time ago. What do you know now that you didn't know then. And how accurate was your thesis on investing in sports.Yeah. Well, I put that in in two buckets. The first thing is I get a lot of people who come to me over the last whatever number of years that are thinking of investing in a sports franchise or a league, etc. And they always ask me, you know, for lots of advice, and I kind of boil it down to like one piece of advice that hopefully they will listen to me on, which i ...