Salesforce Completes Informatica Acquisition
The acquisition integrates Informatica’s data catalog, integration, governance, quality, privacy, metadata and master data management (MDM) capabilities into Salesforce’s platform.
Salesforce announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Informatica Inc., a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management. In May earlier this year, the CRM leader announced that it had entered a definitive agreement to acquire Informatica for $8 billion.
The acquisition integrates Informatica’s data catalog, integration, governance, quality, privacy, metadata and master data management (MDM) capabilities into Salesforce’s platform, creating a unified data foundation for “agentic AI” at scale.
“You have to get your data right to get your AI right. Data and context is the true fuel of Agentforce, and without clean, connected, trusted data there is no intelligence – only hallucination. Informatica is the trusted platform that turns fragmented enterprise data into context, so every agent can reason, act, and deliver outcomes with precision. When companies get their data right, they get their AI right, and Agentforce becomes unstoppable,” Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce, said.
“With Informatica, we will deliver a governed and complete data platform that powers more intelligent, contextual, and autonomous experiences across Agentforce 360 – the trusted system connecting humans and AI agents in the enterprise,” added Steve Fisher, President and Chief Product Officer of Salesforce.
The deal enhances Salesforce’s Data 360 offering by infusing Informatica’s data clarity capabilities and strengthening integration with MuleSoft and Tableau for end-to-end AI-data workflows.
"This is a landmark moment for our team, our partners and, most importantly, our customers. By uniting Informatica’s industry-leading, AI-powered data management platform with Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 platform, our customers can realise the full power of trusted data with a governed and intelligent data management platform that powers more contextual and autonomous experiences for better business outcomes," Amit Walia, CEO at Infromatica, said.
The acquisition underscores Salesforce’s strategy of embedding trusted data and governance into its AI stack to avoid “hallucinations,” and to support enterprise-grade deployments of autonomous AI agents.
Informatica will operate as part of Salesforce’s ecosystem and contribute to the unified platform underpinning enterprise AI initiatives worldwide
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