The announcement, made Tuesday, comes about a year after early rumors of the acquisition sent both companies' stock prices sliding. At the time, Informatica denied it was for sale, but a lot can change in a year. This acquisition will help bolster Salesforce's agentic AI ambitions, the company's press release stated, by giving the company more data infrastructure and governance to help its AI agents run more 'safely, responsibly, and at scale across the modern enterprise.' 'Together, we'll supercharge Agentforce, Data Cloud, Tableau, MuleSoft, and Customer 360, enabling autonomous agents to act with intelligence, context, and confidence across every enterprise,' Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said in the press release. 'This is a transformational step in delivering enterprise-grade AI that is safe, responsible, and deeply integrated with the world's data.' The path to this deal began in April 2024, when reports surfaced that Salesforce was eyeing Informatica. The market reaction was...
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