Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the company expects to spend about $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year. Speaking on the All-In podcast, he frames the investment as tied to using AI—particularly for coding—through Anthropic’s technology. Benioff also says he can work faster with AI agents and describes them as “awesome.” In addition to the token spending projection, he discusses efforts to make coding easier inside Slack, Salesforce’s workplace messaging platform. He points to developing technology that supports coding workflows within Slack, and he links the anticipated token usage to business outcomes at Salesforce, saying it would make it cheaper to build. Across the reports, both outlets attribute the $300 million figure to Benioff’s comments on the podcast and connect the spending primarily to AI coding use cases rather than other categories of AI. The reporting does not provide further details on timing beyond “this year,” the exact token allocation, or any finalized contract terms.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says company may spend $300M on Anthropic tokens
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the company expects to spend about $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year. Speaking on the All-In podcast, he frames the investment as tied to using AI—particularl...
- Marc Benioff says Salesforce expects to spend about $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year.
- Benioff connects the planned token spending largely to AI coding use cases.
- Benioff says AI agents help him work faster.
- Benioff says Salesforce is working on technology to make coding easier inside Slack.
- The figure and intentions are described in Benioff’s comments on the All-In podcast.
Marc Benioff expects Salesforce to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, almost entirely on coding. The Salesforce CEO made the projection on the All-In podcast published on Friday, calling AI coding agents “awesome” and Anthropic “awesome” in the same breath, before adding that the spending would make everything at Salesforce cheaper to build. […] This story continues at The Next Web
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