# Executives from Salesforce, Snowflake and Datadog have been poached by OpenAI and Anthropic.

*genai · news · 2026-04-25 · CNBC*

## Key points

- OpenAI and Anthropic have recently poached top sales and go-to-market executives from Salesforce, Snowflake, and Datadog.
- AI companies are now prioritizing hires with enterprise sales experience to expand their profitable business segments.
- Enterprise customers accounted for about 40% of OpenAI's revenue in January, projected to reach 50% by year-end.
- AI giants have also been hiring forward-deployed engineers from Palantir Technologies to support enterprise growth.

**Companies:** Salesforce, OpenAI, Snowflake, Datadog, Palantir Technologies

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