Signage for Salesforce is displayed at National Retail Federation (NRF) 2026: Retail’s Big Show, in New York City, U.S., January 12, 2026. REUTERS
Feb 9 (Reuters) – Cloud software provider Salesforce cut fewer than 1,000 roles at the beginning of this month, Business Insider reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The affected roles included marketing, product management, data analytics and Agentforce AI product, Business Insider said, citing LinkedIn posts and conversations with two employees.
The start of the year has seen massive layoffs across U.S. companies as they streamline operations amid rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools.
Tech giant Amazon said in January it was reducing 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three months.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff had said in a podcast in August last year that the company had cut 4,000 customer support roles, because it needed “less heads,” while discussing the impact of artificial intelligence.
In December, the company had raised its fiscal 2026 revenue and adjusted profit forecasts, anticipating growth in its AI agent platform due to strong enterprise demand.
Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu
