Benioff: Salesforce is building AI coding tools inside Slack
Marc Benioff · Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño · May 15, 2026 · at 50:59
Mark Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, discusses how AI coding capabilities are shifting enterprise software priorities during a panel on AI model trends.
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“We're even working on technology inside Slack, To make it easier for everybody to code. So I think it's going to be really breaking news there. You're going to see some cool stuff with slack and code.”
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