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businessinsider.com2026-05-16

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said his company will likely spend $300M on Anthropic tokens

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced on the All-In podcast that his company projects spending $300 million on tokens from Anthropic in 2026. Benioff made the statement during a discussion about Salesforce's artificial intelligence strategy and its use of large language models across its product suite.

Benioff did not specify which Anthropic models would be used or the exact services the tokens would power. The $300 million figure represents a significant allocation to a single external AI provider, though Salesforce also invests in its own AI technologies and other partnerships.

The article frames the projection as a sign of the growing scale of enterprise AI adoption. The news comes as companies increasingly integrate AI into core operations, with token spending becoming a new metric for AI usage. Benioff's comment provides a concrete example of how much large corporations are willing to commit to frontier AI models.

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