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Salesforce
US cloud software company that replaced 4,000 support workers with AI agents.
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#18 21 Jul
Held headcount flat at 83,000 for two years without hiring engineers
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Alphabet adds 11,830 staff in a year#17 14 Jul
Mentioned in: Bank of America shrinks by 830, quietly
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#9 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Conduct takes $60m as SAP buys in
UK Startups and Innovation#14 13 Jun
Cut 86 roles from MuleSoft and Marketing Cloud units on 13 June
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Salesforce trims 86 from two units#7 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Wordsmith pulls a £52m round to Edinburgh
UK Startups and Innovation#11 27 May
Confirmed flat headcount at 83,000 while stock fell 32% YTD
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Salesforce down 32% for not firing#11 20 May
Mentioned in: Nvidia adds 6,000 staff as rivals cut
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#9 11 May
Mentioned in: GitLab rewrites engineering around AI agents
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#9 8 May
Mentioned in: Cloudflare cuts 1,100 on record revenue, cites AI surge
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#8 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Microsoft tells investors 2027 headcount will fall
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#8 27 Apr
Announced 1,000 graduate hires in sales while Agentforce hit $800M ARR
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Salesforce hires 1,000 graduates, but for sales#7 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Snap cuts 16%, AI writes the code
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#7 15 Apr
Mentioned in: IBM's Bob quantifies its own paradox
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#4 3 Apr
Mentioned in: Strong March payrolls mask tech decline
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#8 1 Apr
Mentioned in: India IT trio post first negative quarter
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#4 29 Mar
Salesforce halves support staff using AI
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#4 29 Mar
