Salesforce has taken a significant leap forward with its latest announcements at Dreamforce 2024, particularly focusing on their new AI-powered platform, Agentforce. Here are our top 5 takeaways you need to know:
1. Introducing Agentforce
Agentforce, Salesforce’s new AI-powered platform, enables organizations to build and manage autonomous agents across various business departments, beyond just customer service use cases. From Service Agents to Sales Agents, Agentforce is poised to redefine business-customer engagement, bringing seamless, personalized service to the forefront. At its core is the Atlas Reasoning Engine, which acts as the “brain” behind the platform, evaluating tasks, generating and refining plans, and taking action. Additionally, the Agent Builder allows for the creation and customization of agents, enabling them with automation, APIs, and code on the Salesforce platform.
2. Data Cloud Enhancements
Salesforce’s Data Cloud continues to gain traction, serving as the backbone of the Agentforce platform. Notable enhancements include support for more unstructured data formats like video and audio analysis, and over 50 new prebuilt connectors, including Google BigQuery and Snowflake.
3. Marketing Cloud Advanced
Marketing Cloud Advanced brings more AI-driven automation and campaign optimization features. Additionally, the introduction of Einstein Marketing Intelligence provides marketers a unified platform to manage and optimize cross-channel campaigns.
4. Collaboration with IBM and Google
Salesforce is teaming up with Google to build Agentforce actions that interact across Google Workspace applications to automate tasks. IBM will launch autonomous agents tailored for related industries, enhancing Agentforce capabilities.
5. Free AI Certifications & Slack Innovations
In a bid to democratize AI, Salesforce is offering free AI certifications through 2025. On the Slack front, new features powered by Agentforce include enhanced capabilities like huddle notes, simplified automation, and improved search functions.
These innovations and collaborations position Salesforce at the forefront of AI-driven customer engagement. Stay tuned as we delve deeper into each of these exciting developments in the coming months.
To truly take advantage of these exciting advancements and bring a new level of efficiency to your business operations, we encourage you to reach out to Persistent’s Salesforce experts. Our knowledgeable team is here to help enhance your customer engagement. Let’s explore how we can work together to achieve your business goals. Connect with us today and uncover the possibilities.
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Gopal Sharma
SVP and Head of the Salesforce Business Unit at Persistent
