{"id":175673,"date":"2025-12-05T00:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/175673\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:35:11","slug":"salesforce-ceo-calls-ai-a-commodity-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/175673\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce CEO calls AI a &#8216;commodity feature&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/108237033-5ED3-MM-B-BLOCK-SHORT-120425.jpg\" alt=\"Agent-based systems are replacing the client service software of the past, says Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As Wall Street worries that advancements in artificial intelligence will hurt enterprise software companies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/CRM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salesforce<\/a> CEO Marc Benioff told CNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/jim-cramer-bio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Cramer<\/a> a large language model is &#8220;just a commodity feature&#8221; that strengthens his company&#8217;s products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All these large language models are the same. We just want the lowest cost one, then we plug it in,&#8221; Benioff told Cramer. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got all the customers&#8217; data. We have our killer apps. Those are not commodities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Large language models, or LLMs, are AI models trained on data that can have a variety of functions, including data analysis, summarization and chat bot services. Leading hyperscalers, namely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/GOOGL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MSFT\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a> and OpenAI, have poured billions into developing the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Salesforce stock has had a tough year, even as the broader tech sector has surged. Shares have been dragged down by Wall Street&#8217;s fears that AI could render some enterprise software products redundant. Salesforce shares are down more than 25% year-to-date, while the tech-heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.IXIC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasdaq Composite<\/a> is up more than 21%.<\/p>\n<p>Benioff, in the interview with Cramer, did not address his company&#8217;s declining share price in 2025. But he suggested investors who &#8220;moved away&#8221; from the company over the past year &#8220;somehow think software companies are under duress from AI when the opposite is true.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Software companies are being bolstered by AI, powered by it,&#8221; Benioff continued.<\/p>\n<p>Salesforce shares popped on Thursday after the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20251203394287\/en\/Salesforce-Delivers-Record-Third-Quarter-Fiscal-2026-Results-Driven-by-Agentforce-Data-360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted<\/a> a huge earnings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/03\/salesforce-crm-q3-earnings-report-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat<\/a>, with the stock finishing up 3.66%. While revenue came in a little light, Salesforce upped its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/03\/salesforces-raised-guidance-lifts-the-stock-but-doesnt-change-our-rating.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revenue guidance<\/a> for the current quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Benioff boasted about the performance of Agentforce \u2014 his company&#8217;s product that automates sales and customer service workflows \u2014 over the past quarter. On the earnings call, he said annualized revenue from Agentforce came in at at more than $500 million, growing 330% from a year earlier. Benioff also said on the call that Salesforce has closed over 18,500 Agentforce deals in the year since the product was introduced, with 9,500 as paid transactions.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It is the fastest growing product I have ever seen in the history of Salesforce,&#8221; Benioff told Cramer.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Cramer&#8217;s Guide to Investing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/jointheclub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now<\/a>\u00a0for the CNBC Investing Club to follow Jim Cramer&#8217;s every move in the market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/mad-money-disclaimer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disclaimer<\/a> The CNBC Investing Club holds shares of Salesforce and Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Questions for Cramer?<br \/>Call Cramer: 1-800-743-CNBC<\/p>\n<p>Want to take a deep dive into Cramer&#8217;s world? 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