Two become one - Salesforce and Informatica map their future together (with MuleSoft as part of their $8 bn data thruple)

A simple assertion from Krish Vitaldevara, Chief Product Officer at Informatica but one that might sum up why Salesforce has been happy to shell out $8 billion to make the firm the latest outpost of its agentic empire.

It was back in May that the takeover of Informatica by Salesforce was confirmed, a purchase that was successful on its ‘second time lucky’ attempt after an earlier putative bid fell through on price. Although Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, never knowingly under-selling anything, pitched it at the time as a deal that had been two decades in the waiting:

We really love the company, we love the people, we’ve loved the leadership. And I have to say, we’ve probably spent the last 20 years discussing how to bring the companies together.

Flash forward six months and with the all regulatory I’s dotted and T’s crossed, the deal was ...