Salesforce introduced Agentforce in Slack, providing task-specific AI agents to assist in workplace conversations and actions.
The move signifies a shift towards purpose-built AI agents over general assistants for more reliable results in enterprise AI.
Agentforce enables multi-step actions, orchestrating workflows and interacting with multiple systems within Slack.
Slack Employee Agent Templates will offer pre-configured solutions for common use cases like Customer Insights and Onboarding.
Salesforce emphasizes the need for AI agents to handle a wide range of tasks with logic and policy adherence.
Two key capabilities introduced are Slack Enterprise Search and General Slack Topic to support AI agents.
Agentforce operates within existing user permissions in Salesforce and Slack, ensuring data security and authorization.
Salesforce extends access to Agentforce to non-Salesforce users through no-cost Salesforce Identity licenses for interaction in Slack.
Early adopters of Agentforce like reMarkable and Formula 1 have reported significant improvements in support and response times.
Salesforce's specialized AI approach in Slack positions it against competitors like Microsoft’s Copilot and Google’s Gemini in the enterprise AI market.