Neowin News Feed for: Salesforce

Salesforce to acquire Fin, formerly Intercom, for over $3 billion

David Uzondu — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:46:02 +0000

Salesforce, the company that acquired Slack in 2020, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Intercom, now known as Fin, in a deal worth more than $3 billion. Read more...

Popular VPN maker NordVPN shares details on yesterday's alleged Salesforce user data breach

Sayan Sen — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:39:27 +0000

NordVPN today, after investigation, has shared full details on the alleged user data breach rumors that have surfaced. Read more...

Salesforce CEO accused of ruining the lives of thousands of people over AI

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:26:01 +0000

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been heavily criticized over recent layoffs. An analyst accused him of ruining people's lives for the sake of growth at all costs. Read more...

Slack Business+ plan jumps to $15/month as AI features launch

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:54:01 +0000

Slack has announced a price rise for its Business+ plan and unveiled a new Enterprise+ plan for larger organizations. Read more...

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic in hot waters over AI trained using controversial YouTube sources

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:12:02 +0000

It is reported that AI models trained by Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic, and other tech companies used subtitle data from more than 170,000 YouTube videos. The data was allegedly sourced without permission. Read more...

With 82% of workers at risk of burnout this year, many are excited by AI

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:06:01 +0000

New Salesforce data shows that many office workers are excited by AI but that some issues still need to be tackled. One major point Salesforce made was that employees need training in AI first. Read more...

Salesforce introduces Einstein Copilot in public beta: Redefining CRM with AI assistance

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:16:01 +0000

Salesforce has announced the public beta of Einstein Copilot. It can currently be used in Salesforce's Sales Cloud and Service Cloud in English for customers in the United States. Read more...

Salesforce to cut 700 jobs in latest wave of tech layoffs

Omer Dursun — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:28:01 +0000

Salesforce will lay off about 700 employees, or 1% of its global workforce. The cuts come after Salesforce grew aggressively as cloud demand boomed following a pandemic-era hiring surge. Read more...

Nvidia, Adobe, IBM and others promise the White House steps to mitigate AI risks

Omer Dursun — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:46:01 +0000

Eight more tech giants have joined the Biden administration's efforts to develop AI responsibly, pledging to take steps like watermarking AI-generated media and promoting fairness and transparency. Read more...

Salesforce announces new AI powered updates to Slack

Steve Bennett — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:22:01 +0000

The latest company to jump on the AI bandwagon is Salesforce, by introducing new product features into Slack that are powered by AI, such as thread summaries and channel highlights. Read more...

Zoom's CEO thinks the US government should look into Microsoft's bundling of Teams

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:28:02 +0000

During a tech conference this week, Zoom's CEO Eric Yuan thinks that the US Federal Trade Commission should look into Microsoft's bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365, saying, "You've got to be fair." Read more...

Your Slack channel may soon let you write replies using ChatGPT

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:14:01 +0000

Salesforce has announced the ChatGPT app for Slack. It will allow users of the online meeting service to send replies to others with a writing assist from OpenAI's chatbot technology. Read more...

Scientists at Salesforce develop proteins with AI that can eat trash

Dean Howell — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:16:01 +0000

Salesforce has developed their own AI that can create millions of proteins in a flash that can be used in all sorts of different types of applications from medicine to... eating trash? Read more...

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Salesforce let go of hundreds of employees on Monday

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:46:01 +0000

Salesforce decided to make less than 1,000 employees redundant earlier this week after it saw a decline in custom from small and medium-sized businesses, predominantly in North America and Europe. Read more...

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Slack launches new ways for businesses to communicate

David Allen — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:26:01 +0000

Slack announced clips today. A new way for organizations to communicate inside their platform using multimedia. They'll also be other enhancements to Slack Connect coming this fall. Read more...

Salesforce reaches effective Net Zero energy usage, announces more climate initiatives

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:26:01 +0000

At its Dreamforce event, Salesforce has announced that it has achieved effective Net Zero energy usage across its entire value chain with 100 percent renewable energy and purchasing carbon offsets. Read more...

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Salesforce to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion

Abhay V — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:26:01 +0000

Salesforce today confirmed that it will be buying collaboration service Slack for $27.7 billion, calling it a "match made in heaven". The deal is yet to be approved by shareholders and regulators. Read more...

Salesforce is reportedly in talks to acquire Slack

Abhay V — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:44:01 +0000

A report suggests that Salesforce is in talks with Slack for a potential acquisition. If such a deal goes through, it will be the largest for the company. Slack shares shot up since the report broke. Read more...

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IDC: Worldwide public cloud services market grew 26% YoY in 2019

Paul Hill — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:30:01 +0000

IDC's research has found that the worldwide public cloud services market grew by 26% in 2019 compared with the year before. It said that the COVID-19 crisis could help spur the market further. Read more...

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News Staff — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 16:46:01 +0000

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Salesforce is moving its Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure

Rich Woods — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:26:01 +0000

Microsoft announced that it's expanding its partnership with Salesforce today, and that Salesforce will be using Microsoft's Azure service as the public provider for its Marketing Cloud. Read more...

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News Staff — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 15:46:02 +0000

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Microsoft unites with Google, Amazon, and more for healthcare interoperability

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:32:02 +0000

Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to healthcare interoperability, along with other cloud providers like Amazon, Google, and IBM. This collaboration initially began almost a year ago. Read more...

Apple and Salesforce partnership sees creation of new Salesforce Mobile SDK

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:26:02 +0000

Apple and Salesforce have announced a new partnership which will see a new Salesforce app arrive on iOS with exclusive features. A new Salesforce SDK for IOS is also in the works and is due this year. Read more...

Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and wife acquiring Time Magazine for $190 million

Ruel Revales — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:16:01 +0000

After closing its acquisition of Time Inc. earlier this year, Meredith today announced that it will sell the Time media brand to Marc and Lynne Benioff as individuals for $190 million in cash. Read more...

Well-paid tech workers say home ownership is elusive in new survey

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 05:18:01 +0000

A new survey of more than 1,300 people reveals that more than half of workers at prestigious tech companies would find it too hard to buy a home in the Bay Area thanks to rocketing costs. Read more...

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News Staff — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:00:01 +0000

Google announces a new partnership with Salesforce

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:10:01 +0000

Google and Salesforce have started a partnership where both companies will integrate their business offerings more tightly. The move could help Google as it looks at targeting Chrome OS at enterprise. Read more...

Trump teams up with Silicon Valley to modernise the US government

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 May 2017 16:16:01 +0000

The Trump administration is seeking to modernise the government by creating the American Technology Council, where the President will get advice from tech executives from Silicon Valley companies. Read more...

Microsoft offers 'concessions' to EU antitrust regulators over $26.2bn LinkedIn deal

Andy Weir — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:48:01 +0000

After EU antitrust regulators raised concerns about its proposed $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition last week, the European Commission said today that Microsoft has offered concessions over the deal. Read more...