Salesforce

Salesforce Inc. operates a cloud-based customer relationship management platform that provides sales, service, marketing, and commerce applications. The company was founded in 1999 by Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The company's core products include Sales Cloud for sales force automation, Service Cloud for customer service, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing campaigns, and Commerce Cloud for e-commerce. Salesforce Einstein, the company's artificial intelligence platform, provides predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities across its product suite. The platform serves over 150,000 customers including American Express, T-Mobile, and Unilever.

Salesforce went public in 2004 and has completed numerous acquisitions including Tableau for $15.7 billion in 2019, Slack for $27.7 billion in 2021, and MuleSoft for $6.5 billion in 2018. The company employs approximately 73,000 people globally and reported revenue of $31.4 billion for fiscal year 2024.