[New] Meta invested $14.3 billion in data labeling vendor Scale AI; IBM said it plans to acquire data streaming vendor Confluent for $11 billion; and Salesforce picked up Informatica for $8 billion.
NOVALOGIQ
[New] CNBC cited a Salesforce report from last month, one that purportedly projected AI would drive a staggering $263 billion in global online holiday sales, published in September.
The Cool Down
[New] Online sales in the U.S. on the Thanksgiving holiday are expected to rise 6% compared with last year to reach $8.6 billion, data from Salesforce showed on Thursday, suggesting shoppers were lapping up steep discounts from retailers to splurge amid tariff-induced macroeconomic uncertainty.
Economic Times
[New] Another Salesforce-linked breach involved the Salesloft Drift chatbot integration, which was compromised by threat actors known as UNC6395 in one of the largest interconnected SaaS supply chain attacks in recent times.
Guardz.com
Salesforce used Dreamforce to highlight its broader AI investment thesis, pledging $15 billion in AI-linked funding in San Francisco and publicly targeting more than $60 billion in revenue by 2030-growth the company ties directly to AI platform adoption.
Futurum
In a report published last month, Salesforce said it expects AI to drive a staggering $263 billion in global online holiday sales in 2025, representing 21% of all holiday orders.
CNBC
AI-powered sales teams could increase leads by up to 50% (Source: Salesforce) Personalization at Scale Sales professionals agree that AI helps personalize customer experiences, and it makes prospecting more personalized and relevant.
Cirrus Insight
Even traditional SaaS companies like Salesforce could lose out if they prioritize maintaining high gross margins over adapting to an outcome-based AI model, potentially being outmaneuvered by leaner, AI-first competitors.
FinancialContent
Salesforce is already modernizing core functions across USDOT, helping enhance citizen safety through real-time, interstate data sharing and will simplify the management of billions in federal grants. / USA
Rutland Herald
From Salesforce Agentforce 360 to Microsoft Agent 365, SAP Joule, ServiceNow AI Agents, and Adobe AI Foundry, buyers will increasingly evaluate vendors on multi-agent orchestration, governance, and data unification layers.
Futurum
Salesforce expects Cyber Monday sales to also climb by 4%. / USA
CNN
Salesforce envisions agents and humans working together to create hyper-personalized, high-converting deals.
Reveation Labs
Salesforce is predicting a record-breaking Cyber Week, with sales projected to reach $334 billion worldwide, up 6% year over year, and $78 billion in the U.S., a 3% YoY increase.
Retail Touchpoints
The Tool Proliferation Problem: A typical enterprise might have Einstein GPT in Salesforce, a standalone pricing optimization platform, a third-party contract analysis tool, and custom-built AI assistants for quote generation.
servicepath | CPQ for complex technology sales
Salesforce predicts that U.S. resale transactions - peer-to-peer, marketplaces, other channels - will account for $64 billion in holiday revenue in 2025.
Practical Ecommerce
Salesforce has bet big on AI agents to boost productivity among its users, and it expects commensurate returns.
The Register
International cooperation and sharing of threat intel became more important than ever in 2025, as attacks like supply chain breaches did not respect geographic boundaries e.g. the Salesforce related breach rippled across North America, Europe, and Asia simultaneously.
DeepStrike
Last updated: 05 January 2026
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