Marc Benioff says Salesforce's investment in Anthropic was a plan B that could pay off in ‘tens of billions’

Marc Benioff said Salesforce backed Anthropic after it could not invest in OpenAI, a bet he thinks could be worth tens of billions.

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2026-09-22 22:49 · Business Insider AI
Marc Benioff says Salesforce's investment in Anthropic was a plan B that could pay off in ‘tens of billions’

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