Salesforce sets aside $300M for AI development with Anthropic

Salesforce expects to spend about $300 million on Anthropic token usage this year, mostly tied to AI software development.

The company is expanding AI-assisted coding and adding broader AI capabilities to Slack, including new programming features.

Marc Benioff said AI is accelerating development, lowering costs, and changing how work is routed across different models.

The spending underscores how AI is becoming a major recurring operating expense for large enterprises and deepening Salesforce’s reliance on Anthropic.