Salesforce’s $8 Billion AI Bet on Informatica Could Backfire Spectacularly

In an industry where technological obsolescence happens at breakneck speed, betting $8 billion on aging infrastructure seems risky at best
Salesforce just dropped $8 billion on an AI-powered cloud data management leader and it might not be the strategic masterstroke Marc Benioff wants investors to believe, rather it's a desperate attempt to paper over fundamental growth challenges with expensive financial engineering. While competitors are chasing headlines with AI assistants, its been said that Salesforce is quietly building the plumbing that could make or break the next generation of business AI. Informatica's unglamorous but essential data governance tools will transform Salesforce's Einstein AI and new Agentforce platform into something unprecedented. AI agents that actually understand what they're looking at. The stakes couldn't be higher. As companies rush to deploy AI across their operations, most are discovering
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Upasana Banerjee
Upasana is a Content Strategist with AIM Research. Prior to her role at AIM, she worked as a journalist and social media editor, and holds a strong interest for global politics and international relations. Reach out to her at: upasana.banerjee@analyticsindiamag.com
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