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Salesforce Completes $8 Billion Acquisition of Data Giant Informatica

Deal aims to secure data foundation for autonomous enterprise agents.

Olivia Sharp 1 min read 668 views
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Salesforce finalized its $8 billion acquisition of Informatica, integrating the data management firm to power its Agentforce AI platform.

Salesforce formally completed its acquisition of Informatica, in a deal valued at over $8 billion. The transaction saw Informatica’s shares delisted from the NYSE as the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CRM giant.

The "Data Fuel" Strategy

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff framed the acquisition as a necessity for the age of autonomous agents. "Without clean, connected, trusted data there is no intelligence – only hallucination," Benioff stated. * Agentforce Integration: Informatica’s data management tools will be integrated into Salesforce’s "Agentforce" platform. This ensures that the autonomous agents deployed by Salesforce customers have access to accurate, governed data …

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