Salesforce CEO Benioff praises AI's role in boosting engineer productivity and criticizes OpenAI's AI agent

Marc Benioff announced AI coding agents increased Salesforce engineers' productivity by over 30%, leading to no new hires in fiscal year 2026, with AI now handling up to 50% of workload. He emphasizes the shift from traditional coding to supervising AI, marking a major step in digital transformation. Additionally, he criticizes OpenAI's OpenClaw for security concerns and states that Salesforce is developing its own trusted AI solutions, contrasting with OpenAI's recent acquisition of OpenClaw's creator.