Salesforce's Agentforce 2.0 and Analyst Ratings - Salesforce announced the release of Agentforce 2 0, a second-generation technology integrated with Slack, set to launch in February 2025 [1] - The company plans to hire 2 000 AI-focused salespeople to support its growth [1] - Analysts from Needham, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, Truist, and Wedbush maintained Buy or Outperform ratings on Salesforce with price targets ranging from 375to440 [1][2][8][11][15] Agentforce 2 0 Features and Market Impact - Agentforce 2 0 enhances internal processes and enterprise information gathering by leveraging Slack as a central hub, expanding beyond the Sales and Service focus of version 1 0 [4] - The platform integrates with Mulesoft and Data Cloud, with enhancements to the Atlas Reasoning Engine enabling more complex use cases [5] - The Total Addressable Market (TAM) for AI spending is estimated to expand by over 740billion,withAgentforceexpectedtodriveincrementalrevenuegrowth,particularlybyfiscal2027[5]AnalystInsightsonAgentforce20−Needham′sScottBerghighlightedover1000Agentforcedealsclosed,comparedto200+inQ32025,indicatingstrongmarkettraction[3][11]−BofASecurities′BradSillsnotedAgentforce′sintegrationintosales,marketing,andSlack,withpotentialincrementalrevenuegrowthof110 04 billion and adjusted EPS of 260[5]−Wedbush′sDanielIvesprojectedQ4revenueof10 01 billion and adjusted EPS of 260,withSalesforcepositionedtocapturea7 trillion digital labor market opportunity [15][14] - Salesforce's AI-driven growth could add ~80persharetoitsvaluationoverthenext12to18months[15]StockPerformance−Salesforcestocktradedhigherby023351 77 at the last check on Wednesday [16]