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A writer who moved from Microsoft's Windows AI team to a research engineer role at Salesforce AI Research describes how their AI use has evolved over the past year, now spending about $3,000 a month on tokens. They continue using AI for coding, research, summarization, writing, and art, adding voice and video generation, and have drafted a personal policy governing how they use AI in daily life.
WorkOS notified customers of a data security incident first detected on October 30, 2026, after anomalous traffic hit an internal business system. The company says an unauthorized actor accessed an internal sales and marketing API, which in turn exposed data from its Salesforce and Snowflake instances, including customer names, emails, phone numbers and business contact details. WorkOS states it found no evidence that application data or production services were affected, and believes the breach was limited to CRM and support data.
Salesforce has agreed to buy Rune Technologies, a startup whose AI software helps the U.S. military forecast supply needs and manage field logistics, for $375 million in cash and stock, according to Resilience Media. Rune, founded in 2024, had raised $30 million from backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures and IQT, and was last valued at $127 million.
Salesforce announced plans to buy Braze, an AI-powered customer engagement and marketing software company, in a deal valued at $5.66 billion. News of the acquisition sent Braze's stock price up roughly 50% in early trading.
Salesforce announced it will purchase customer engagement platform Braze, with Class A shareholders receiving $47.50 per share in cash. Braze shares jumped more than 50% on the news after a brief trading halt, while Salesforce stock dipped about 1%. The deal is expected to close in fiscal 2028.
Research firm New Constructs has criticized Anthropic's upcoming IPO, estimating its value at only $150 billion despite projections of reaching a $2 trillion market cap. The firm highlights the company's significant losses and compares its revenue to Nvidia's profits, questioning the viability of its business model amid rising open-source AI competition. The report labels the IPO as potentially the most exaggerated of 2026.
TikTok announced the launch of an AI-powered shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that enables users to purchase products directly from brands within the app. The AI assistant offers real-time guidance by understanding user preferences and providing product details, while the checkout feature allows seamless transactions from the For You feed. These updates aim to keep users engaged within TikTok’s ecosystem for shopping activities.
Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money that enterprise software stocks staged a sharp recovery in the third quarter while chip stocks pulled back after earlier gains. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rose 17% in the quarter versus an 11% drop for the iShares Semiconductor ETF, with Salesforce up 46%, Microsoft up 37%, Workday up 55%, Veeva up 60% and CrowdStrike up 39%, while Corning fell nearly 40%.
A Business Insider report finds that many workers are now spending significant time directing, reviewing and correcting AI agents that perform tasks they were originally hired to do, from coding to writing to design. This shift is happening without corresponding raises or promotions, even as companies like Salesforce roll out 'job-ready agents' and executives at firms like Wipro and Daytona describe staff increasingly overseeing multiple bots.
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on September 15, described by the FBI as an alleged leader of the ShinyHunters extortion group. Police say a laptop seized from him contained details of two planned murders abroad, and a Rotterdam court has ordered him held for at least 90 more days pending trial. The FBI says ShinyHunters and its associates have breached over 140 organizations and collected at least $70 million in extortion payments since last year.
Meta launched Muse for Small Business, integrating its Muse AI agent with software from Asana, Zoom, Intuit, Box, Canva and Slack, plus Meta ad accounts and business Instagram and Facebook profiles. Pricing wasn't disclosed, though the blog referenced the existing consumer Muse app's free tier with usage limits and paid subscription option. The move follows Monday's announcement of a broader enterprise platform led by newly hired CJ Desai, former MongoDB CEO.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that small business owners spend too much time studying successful founders' personalities and routines instead of the underlying systems that produce results. The writer describes adapting a large partner company's employee philanthropy program by creating a smaller version that tracks volunteer hours and rewards team members for community involvement.