SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AI has changed our personal lives, answering any question, unleashing our creativity, and delivering tailored insights with a simple prompt. But in the workplace, AI hasn't yet been so transformative — bogged down by unintuitive interfaces, fragmented across multiple teams and tools, beset by hallucinations and inconsistency, and lacking the context that the workplace demands. At Dreamforce, we unveiled our vision for closing this gap: Agentforce 360 with Slack a. ...

Core Insights - Salesforce is enhancing its Slack app with generative artificial intelligence to improve user experience by helping them find relevant information amidst communication overload [1][2] - The generative AI feature will be available to Business+ and Enterprise+ Slack subscribers, indicating a targeted approach to premium users [1] - Slackbot, the virtual assistant within Slack, utilizes Anthropic's Claude model and can access data from various platforms, including Salesforce, Google Drive, and Box [2] Company Performance - Despite the AI boom benefiting many tech companies, Salesforce's stock has declined by 18% over the past year, contrasting with the Nasdaq's 24% gain during the same period [3] - Concerns exist regarding the long-term viability of Salesforce and other enterprise software companies in the face of emerging AI technologies [3] Technology Insights - Large language models and coding agents are not disrupting cloud software, as they are not integrated into corporate systems [4] - Salesforce's acquisition of Slack for $27.1 billion in 2021 remains its largest purchase, highlighting the company's commitment to enhancing its collaborative tools [4]

Core Insights - The article discusses the latest insights from technology companies regarding AI developments and their implications for the industry and business landscape. Adobe - Adobe's management is focusing on the development of its Firefly models and expanding partnerships with other Generative AI models, with the new Firefly Image 5 model showing strong performance [2][3] - The consumption of Generative Credits, which measure usage and monetization of Adobe's models, increased 3x sequentially in Q3 2025, indicating high-value usage [3][12] - Firefly is attracting new creators, with a 2x sequential growth in first-time subscriptions in Q3 2025, and over 100 new deals for Firefly Services were signed by enterprises [5][12] - Adobe's management sees LLMs as a significant opportunity for customer acquisition, allowing for better integration of their models with APIs [6] - The introduction of Adobe Brand Concierge and Firefly Foundry aims to enhance customer engagement and content production efficiency [18][21] MongoDB - MongoDB's management believes that the AI wave has not yet significantly impacted its results, but there are encouraging signs from AI startups building applications on its platform [24][25] - The company sees a structural advantage in its document database model for AI applications, which require a different architecture than traditional databases [26][27] - MongoDB Atlas is supporting significant growth for companies like Mercor, which has seen a 50% month-over-month growth using MongoDB [28][29] - A global media company switched from Elastic Search to MongoDB Atlas, achieving a 90% reduction in latency and a 35% increase in click-through rates [30] NVIDIA - NVIDIA's management reports unprecedented demand for its Blackwell platform, with visibility to $0.5 trillion in revenue from 2025 to 2026 [36][40] - The company anticipates a $3 trillion to $4 trillion annual AI infrastructure build by 2030, driven by increasing compute spend from foundation model builders [37][41] - NVIDIA's GPUs, including older generations, are fully utilized, providing a significant total cost of ownership advantage [39] - The company has seen strong growth in its data center revenue, driven by the GB300 chip, which contributed to a record $51.2 billion in Q3 2025 [40] - NVIDIA's networking revenue has also seen substantial growth, with a 162% year-over-year increase, as major AI deployments now include its networking solutions [47][48]

Core Insights - Salesforce has launched its latest AI agent platform, Agentforce 360, to attract enterprises in a competitive AI software market [1][2] - The new platform will be showcased at the upcoming Dreamforce customer conference starting October 14 [2] Product Features - Agentforce 360 includes a new AI agent prompting tool called Agent Script, which allows users to program AI agents for more flexible responses to various situations, set to be released in beta in November [3] - Users can utilize "reasoning" models powered by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google Gemini, which enable agents to think before responding rather than relying solely on patterns [4] - A new agent building tool, Agentforce Builder, will allow users to build, test, and deploy AI agents from a single platform, also set for beta release in November [5] Integration and Future Plans - Salesforce is enhancing integration between Agentforce and Slack, with core applications surfacing directly in Slack starting this month and expanding through early 2026 [6] - Slack is piloting a new personalized AI agent, Slackbot, which learns about users to provide insights and suggestions [6] - Future plans for Slack include serving as an enterprise search tool and launching connectors with platforms like Gmail, Outlook, and Dropbox by early 2026 [7] Competitive Landscape - The enterprise AI market is seeing increased activity, with Google announcing Gemini Enterprise, which has early customers like Figma and Klarna [8] - Anthropic is gaining traction with its Claude Enterprise product, having secured a significant deal with Deloitte to deploy its chatbot to 500,000 employees [9]