Salesforce is cutting more than 1,000 jobs while hiring for artificial intelligence roles.
The San Francisco-based company has not disclosed which divisions will be affected by the job cuts.As first reported by Bloomberg, while some roles are ending, the leading customer management software maker is building a team focused on the company's AI agent products.As of Tuesday afternoon, Salesforce still had more than 1,000 jobs posted on its website.
Founder Marc Benioff said in an interview with Harry Stebbings of 20VC in December that Salesforce would not be hiring any more software engineers in 2025, as the priority was its Agentforce service, which allows businesses to customize autonomous AI agents capable of handling complex and multi-step tasks.Benioff said the AI system was the "only thing that really matters today."Salesforce joins other tech giants trimming their workforces, including Meta.
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