“They said AI would kill entry-level jobs. We're hiring 1,000 new grads & interns right now to ride the AI exponential — these grads & interns are building it, powering Agentforce & Headless360 at Salesforce.”
Chair and CEO, Salesforce
Said Apr 25, 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2026Marc Benioff post on X, April 25, 2026, reported by Fortune, April 27, 2026
Benioff made the pledge as a rebuttal to predictions that AI would eliminate entry-level white-collar work; Salesforce had cut around 1,000 roles in February 2025 and again in early February 2026.