Salesforce CEO 'SaaSquatch' Benioff says his company will monster the SaaSpocalypse

Even by the somewhat offbeat standards of the Salesforce Ohana, the CRM giant just delivered a strange earnings announcement.

Speaking on the company’s Q4 earnings call, CEO Marc Benioff boasted that his company is a mythical Sasquatch, aka “Bigfoot,” set to tuck into a buffet of juicy customers waiting to buy agentic AI.

“If there is a SaaSpocalypse, I think it might be eaten by the SaaSquatch because there are a lot of companies using a lot of SaaS because SaaS just got a lot better with agents as a service,” he said, referring to the theory that sinking values for SaaS companies reflect the fact that AI has damaged their business models.

Which is a rather odd metaphor as the Sasquatch myth suggests the creature is reclusive and nocturnal, rather than rapacious.

Benioff also crowed about winning 180 customers for his new Agentforce IT Service, which analysts see ...