From a report on KRON4 by Alex Baker (September 1, 2025):

Speaking to The Logan Bartlett Show on Friday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents had enabled him to “rebalance” his headcount in the customer support division by trimming 4,000 jobs.

This sounds like an exciting time for Salesforce! I was pointed to this story by Pixy Misa of Ambient Irony, who highlighted a quote from Mr. Baker describing the most recent eight-month period as “eight of the most exciting months of my career.” Since Salesforce is doing so well with “an agentic sales that is calling back every person that contacts us” (another quote from Mr. Benioff), I assume that all of this excitement should mean that Salesforce will soon no longer need to rely on thousands of H-1B visa petitions to bolster its workforce (the AI can do it all I hear).

(PS: I have known of Salesforce for a while but have never been totally clear on what it does. I could resolve my ignorance on that matter but I have been getting along well enough despite my lack of knowledge.)