Agents for Impact

Salesforce Launches Agentforce Platform to Revolutionize Autonomous AI Agents Salesforce has announced the general availability of Agentforce, a transformative platform that empowers businesses to create, test, and deploy autonomous AI agents seamlessly integrated into their Salesforce workflows. Key Features of Agentforce Agentforce combines cutting-edge technology with user-friendly design, enabling businesses to: The agents also suggest knowledge, actions, and guardrails to optimize performance, enhancing operational efficiency across customer service, sales, and other functions. Real-World Applications During Dreamforce 2024, Salesforce customers built over 10,000 AI Agents to support a wide range of industries and use cases, including: Revolutionizing AI in Business Agentforce represents a shift from generation-based AI to action-based AI, emphasizing solutions that actively drive business outcomes. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff described the platform as a game-changer, stating: “Agentforce is redefining what’s possible, ushering in a new era of AI abundance and limitless workforces that augment every employee, build deeper customer relationships, and drive unprecedented growth and profitability.” Built on a Unified Salesforce Ecosystem Agentforce is fully integrated with Salesforce’s robust platform, offering seamless connections to enterprise data, metadata, AI models, workflows, security, and applications. The platform leverages Data Cloud, enabling AI Agents to access unified data and collaborate across Salesforce apps. This integration ensures businesses can scale AI capabilities across the entire customer experience ecosystem without the need for extensive customization. Support for Adoption and Growth Salesforce is rolling out several initiatives to support Agentforce users: Pricing starts at $2 per conversation, with volume discounts available. Empowering Nonprofits with Agents for Impact Salesforce is extending Agentforce’s potential through the Agents for Impact Accelerator, offering nonprofits resources to build customized AI agents. This initiative underscores Salesforce’s commitment to scaling AI’s community impact. Early Success and Adoption Leading organizations such as The Adecco Group, BACA Systems, OpenTable, Saks, and Wiley have already adopted Agentforce, leveraging it to streamline workflows and deliver impactful customer experiences. By bridging the gap between AI innovation and practical, risk-aware application, Salesforce positions Agentforce as a cornerstone of the next generation of AI-driven business solutions. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more