Salesforce Q2 Profit Jumps as Anthropic Gain Lifts AI Agent Revenue
Salesforce fiscal Q2 net income rose to $3.53B from $1.89B, helped by a $2.6B gain from its Anthropic investment. Revenue reached $11.35B. Annualized revenue from the AI agent platform topped $1.5B, up 240% year over year, as Agentforce surpassed $1.5B in annual recurring revenue. Integrating Claude with Salesforce customer data aims to improve usefulness and monetize demand, though shareholder returns are increasingly funded with debt.