Salesforce to Acquire Agentic Search Startup Doti, Boosting AI R&D in Israel

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Doti, an emerging agentic enterprise search startup, in a move aimed at strengthening its AI research and development presence in Israel and accelerating the creation of a unified, AI-powered search layer across its platforms.

The acquisition will bring Doti’s engineering talent and enterprise search technology into Salesforce’s ecosystem.

The company plans to integrate Doti’s capabilities deeply into its platform, using Slack as the conversational interface for what it envisions as the next generation of intelligent, context-aware enterprise search.

“Doti’s expertise fast-tracks our vision to reinvent enterprise search across Salesforce,” said Denise Dresser, CEO of Slack. “Together, we’re transforming how every employee finds, understands, and acts on information, through the power of AI and most importantly the conversational context that lives in Slack.”

Doti’s technology aims to make enterprise data instantly accessible and actionable—an ambition its founders say aligns perfectly with Salesforce’s direction.

“Since day one, our mission has been to transform how knowledge workers interact with information, making enterprise data instantly accessible and actionable,” said Matan Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, Doti. “Joining Salesforce and its AI R&D hub in Israel gives us the global scale and resources to realize this vision faster.”

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2026, pending customary regulatory approvals.