# Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said his software firm expects to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, almost entirely for coding.

*genai · news · 2026-05-18 · Livemint*

## Key points

- Salesforce expects to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens in 2024, primarily for AI coding.
- Salesforce will not hire new engineers in 2025 due to AI-driven productivity gains.
- Salesforce's 30% productivity gain was achieved internally using their AI system Agentforce.
- Between December 2024 and February 2026, Salesforce cut up to 5,000 roles citing AI automation impacts.
- Salesforce plans to hire 1,000–2,000 new sales representatives despite other hiring freezes.

**Companies:** Salesforce, Anthropic
**Countries:** United States

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