Salesforce cut 4000 customer support roles after deploying ai agents – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Salesforce cut 4,000 customer support roles after deploying AI agents.

“I was able to rebalance my headcount on my support,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said during The Logan Bartlett Show when talking about the impact of the company’s agentic AI platform. “I’ve reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads.”

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