Last Month, Salesforce Announced It Hit $1.2 Billion in AI Revenue—Now It’s Laying Off Staff Tied to the Product

https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/salesforce-announced-billion-in-ai-revenue-now-laying-off-staff-tied-to-product/91358471

Crossposted from https://discuss.online/post/40995746

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Triumph@fedia.io · 16 pts · 54d (2 replies)

And just yesterday I was reading about how it doesn't actually do anything yet.

schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 54d

It transfers wealth well enough.

msage@programming.dev · 2 pts · 54d

Salesforce? No, but it sells really well.

chisel@piefed.social · 7 pts · 54d

You can't just rename all of your products to "Agentforce Xyz" then claim that revenue is thanks to AI. Well, actually, I guess you can.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 54d

AI doing what it was destined to do: hollow out companies and wreak havoc.

eleijeep@piefed.social · 3 pts · 54d (1 reply)

Revenue? Okay and how much profit?

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d

Er, they’re probably the same thing as far as the average headline reader knows.