Salesforce Cuts ~1,000 Employees Including Agentforce Team Members — Even the AI Product Isn't Immune

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Salesforce laid off nearly 1,000 employees in early 2026 across marketing, product management, data analytics — and critically, members of the Agentforce team itself. This follows Benioff's September 2025 customer support headcount reduction from 9,000 to 5,000 using internal AI tools. The signal: even the company betting its future on AI agents is using AI to eliminate the team building AI agents.