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Marc Benioff

Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Salesforce

Search every verified Marc Benioff interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Marc Benioff, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Salesforce, headlined Dreamforce 2026 in San Francisco, where he introduced AIforce, a new interface that integrates Salesforce's Agentforce, Data 360, and Customer 360 into platforms such as Slack and Claude. During the conference, he hosted conversations with executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Siemens' Roland Busch, discussing AI adoption, enterprise transformation, and industry safety. Benioff described the launch as a major milestone for the company and addressed what he called the "SaaSpocalypse" narrative, arguing that AI is expanding rather than eliminating enterprise software usage. In interviews and earnings calls, Benioff emphasized the importance of responsible AI development, stating that the industry must avoid repeating the perceived harms of social media and that companies should be accountable for their technologies. He also discussed Salesforce's financial performance, citing record pipelines and growth in AI-related consumption, and highlighted the company's investments in Slack, which he called its best acquisition. Additionally, Benioff announced $27 million in grants to San Francisco and Oakland public schools and expressed continued optimism about San Francisco's role in the AI industry.

Recent appearances

  • Putting Agentforce to Work From Pipeline to Supply Chain | Dreamforce 2026

    September 30, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Roland Busch, President & CEO of Siemens, joins Marc Benioff to talk about putting Agentforce to work across the business — from pipeline to supply chain. This video comes to you from Dreamforce 2026, the conference that helps you unlock unprecedented success with the power of trusted AI Agents, real-time data, and CRM. This is where you become an Agentic Enterprise. Watch Marc Benioff's opening keynote here:    • Dreamforce Main Keynote 2026   Watch all of our content from Dreamforce 2026 here: https://www.salesforce.com/plus/exper... Continue your learning journey on Salesforce+: https://…

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  • Dreamforce Keynote with Marc Benioff in 3 Minutes

    September 29, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce Brasil

    👋 Hey, AI, meet the #1 CRM! Check out the Dreamforce Keynote with Marc Benioff in 3 minutes.

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  • Jensen Huang x Marc Benioff at Dreamforce 2026

    September 24, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Fresh off the debut of Koa, Salesforce's first CRM reasoning model for Agentforce, built on NVIDIA Nemotron. ______ #Salesforce ...

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  • Dario Amodei x Marc Benioff: making use of Salesforce's data fluently with Claude

    September 23, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    The AnthropicAI co-founder & CEO joins us at Dreamforce for a conversation worth hearing ☁️ _______ #Salesforce #AgenticCRM #AgenticEnterprise Learn more about Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com Twitter:   / salesforce   LinkedIn:   / salesforce   Instagram:   / salesforce   Facebook:   / salesforce   Subscribe to Salesforce’s YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/SalesforceSubscribe About Salesforce: Improve customer relationships with Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM where humans with agents drive customer success together. Our integrated platform pairs your unified customer data with trusted agent…

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  • Marc Benioff on how Slack is becoming the operating system for AI

    September 22, 2026 · 📺 Sources Podcast

    Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and I discuss his framemogging at Dreamforce, the state of the SaaSpocalypse, and how Slack is more important than ever in the age of AI. We also talk about the resurgence of San Francisco, his role in the recent acquisition of Hugging Face, the wealth being created by the IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, and what he thinks the industry can learn from the social media era. Chapters: 00:00 Dreamforce Memes and the AI Hype Cycle 04:36 San Francisco’s AI Comeback 07:24 Why AI Leaders Should Give Back 11:50 AI Safety, Regulation and CEO Responsibility 15:57 Betting on AI…

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  • The Secret to Scaling Ambition Across Industries | Dreamforce 2026

    September 17, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Marc Benioff and Travis Kalanick explore what it takes to scale ambitious ideas across software, robotics, fulfillment, and autonomy. Hear how leaders stay focused while building across vastly different industries. Learn more about Agentforce: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/ This video comes to you from Dreamforce 2026, the conference that helps you unlock unprecedented success with the power of trusted AI Agents, real-time data, and CRM. This is where you become an Agentic Enterprise. Watch Marc Benioff's opening keynote here:    • Dreamforce Main Keynote 2026   Watch all of our con…

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  • Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on the one thing AI cannot be allowed to become

    September 17, 2026 · 📺 Yahoo Finance

    Marc Benioff sat down with Brian Sozzi at Dreamforce, days after launching Claudeforce with Anthropic and putting Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Jensen Huang on his stage. Sozzi asks him about a remark Benioff made years ago, that Facebook was the new cigarette, and whether AI is the next one. Benioff says the industry cannot repeat social media, that companies and executives have to take absolute responsibility for what they build, and he names the Hugging Face accident as the kind of thing that has to be prevented. Featuring: Marc Benioff, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce Br…

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  • Marc Benioff with the Hosts of All-In | Dreamforce 2026

    September 17, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Marc Benioff joins the hosts of the All-In Podcast for a candid conversation on AI, markets, the future of the enterprise, and the forces reshaping technology, business, and the economy. Learn more about Agentforce: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/ Check out our guide on artificial intelligence (AI): https://www.salesforce.com/artificial... _______ This video comes to you from Dreamforce 2026, the conference that helps you unlock unprecedented success with the power of trusted AI Agents, real-time data, and CRM. This is where you become an Agentic Enterprise. Watch Marc Benioff's open…

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  • A Conversation with Roland Busch and Marc Benioff | Dreamforce 2026

    September 16, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Roland Busch and Marc Benioff explore how industrial AI is driving innovation from the factory floor to the customer experience. Hear how artificial intelligence is transforming business models and shaping what comes next for industry and enterprise. Learn more about Agentforce: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/ Check out our guide on artificial intelligence (AI): https://www.salesforce.com/artificial... Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction: Marc Benioff Welcomes Siemens CEO Roland Busch 02:00 - Siemens History & Transformation: Overview of Global Business 07:32 - Industrial AI & Combining R…

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  • A Conversation with Marc Benioff and H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama | Dreamforce 2026

    September 15, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    The UAE was an early mover in making AI a national priority. Hear His Excellency share lessons from bringing AI into government and discuss what comes next as AI agents reshape how governments serve their citizens. Learn from the UAE’s experience and hear perspectives on the next phase of AI in the public sector. • Learn more about Agentforce 360 for Public Sector: https://www.salesforce.com/government/ • Check out our AI agents guide: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce... • Learn about the benefits & use cases of AI in government: https://www.salesforce.com/government... This video comes…

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  • Dreamforce Main Keynote 2026

    September 15, 2026 · 📺 Salesforce

    Join Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff and special guests at Dreamforce to discover the future of the Agentic Enterprise. Explore how humans, AI agents, data, and trusted platforms can work together to transform the way businesses operate, strengthen customer relationships, and drive customer success. Learn how Salesforce is helping organizations embrace agentic AI, empower employees, and create more connected customer experiences with intelligent agents working alongside people. This video comes to you from Dreamforce 2026, the conference that helps you unlock unprecedented success with…

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  • “We Don’t Need New Regulations”: Jensen Huang Rejects Calls to Slow AI at Dreamforce | AI1G

    September 15, 2026 · 📺 DRM News

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff discussed the new industrial revolution, agentic enterprises, AI safety and employment at Dreamforce 2026. Huang described safety as an engineering challenge, rejected demands for new AI regulations, dismissed predictions of widespread job destruction and urged businesses to embrace the technology or risk falling behind. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News. “We Don’t Need New Regulations”: Jensen Huang Rejects Calls to Slow AI at Dreamforce “AI Is Going to Destroy Jobs—That’s Completely Nonsense”: Nvi…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“Safety is paramount. In many ways it's job one but it's an engineering problem. We're developing software and computing systems after all. It's complicated computing system but ultimately a computing system. First is to make sure we create the test environments for testing these complex systems and they have to be built in a good way. Built in a safe way. And the second thing is we have to test these products. If we'”

“Well, let me tell you my view directly from being with so many customers and that is number one there is no perfect pricing mechanism for all customers so I look at it on six dimensions. So, you know, look, named users is still a major aspect of our industry. I'm sure you have either Claude or Open AI and you pay a per user price per user per month. So, named users and also named agents. So, you're paying by the agen”

“We always knew that we wanted to own Slack and we knew we wanted to own it because our premise was that it was going to be the agent for business. I have the paper. I can show it to you. So, this was important to us. We paid a pretty high price for the company at the time. About 25 billion, which was controversial, you know, it was a about $900 million in revenue. So you can think it was about 25 times revenue and we”

“Brian, I think you know, and I know that we're all deeply disappointed with how the social media companies have operated over the last decade or more. We know how many kids have been hurt. I know you have personal stories. You know, you we we've seen what have happened even to certain countries because of narratives on social media. We cannot let AI be social media 2.0. You know, we we need a different approach and w”

“We're in a transformational moment, Brian. You've seen it really unfold. Of course, we all had our chat GPT moment a few years ago, but we're still waiting for that to come into the enterprise, but we haven't seen that transformation really happen yet, but we are now. And it's taken us a few years of work with these AI companies and our own systems to get to the point where we've launched this incredible new platform”

“I think we're in a moment right now where ASI, AGI, RSI, whatever terms you want to use, the genie's out of the bottle. Bernie Sanders isn't going to get what he wants. You're not going to put the genie back in the bottle. These technologies are here all over the world. There's open-weight models. There's servers connected to the internet. And there's electricity all over the world. It's here. It's staying. It's not ”

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