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The enterprise software company has undertaken a fresh round of layoffs, affecting employees working on its Agentforce AI product, Mulesoft IT integration tool, and Marketing Cloud software, according to Business Insider.Listen to this article in summarized format
The enterprise software company has undertaken a fresh round of layoffs, affecting employees working on its Agentforce AI product, Mulesoft IT integration tool, and Marketing Cloud software, according to Business Insider.
A regulatory filing in California confirmed that 86 Salesforce employees were laid off in roles such as sales, general administration, as well as technology and product. As per the California notice, cited by Business Insider, the affected employees would remain on the payroll until August 7.
The company decides severance pay based on level and tenure.
This is the third round of layoffs at Salesforce since September 2025, when it had cut 4,000 customer support jobs, leaning more heavily on AI to handle tasks that were once managed by people. At the time CEO Marc Benioff had confirmed that the support team had been reduced from 9,000 to 5,000 employees.
In February, the cloud software provider had cut roles in marketing, product management, data analytics and Agentforce AI product.
Tech layoffs continue
Since the start of the year, tech companies have undertaken massive layoffs as they streamline operations owing to the rising adoption of AI tools. As per job-cut tracking website layoffs.fyi, 175 tech companies have eliminated 117,571 roles since the beginning of 2026.
In January, tech giant Amazon said it was reducing 16,000 roles worldwide. Jack Dorsey’s fintech company Block Inc. also laid off 10% of its workforce, affecting roughly 1,100 jobs in a cost‑cutting restructuring tied to annual performance reviews.
LinkedIn notified up to 606 employees of permanent layoffs in May. In a memo, the company said it plans to redirect investments toward areas such as infrastructure to support its long-term goals and overall vision.
Facebook's parent company Meta told employees in April that 8,000 of them — around 10 percent of the global workforce — would have to leave on May 20. The company has earmarked $135 billion for capital expenditure in its latest AI push.
