<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
software	O
and	O
applications	O
focused	O
on	O
sales	O
,	O
customer	O
service	O
,	O
marketing	B-Application
automation	I-Application
,	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
analytics	O
,	O
and	O
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
by	O
former	O
Oracle	B-Application
executive	O
Marc	O
Benioff	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
quickly	O
grew	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
making	O
its	O
IPO	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
continued	O
growth	O
makes	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
company	O
to	O
reach	O
US$1billion	O
in	O
annual	O
revenue	O
by	O
fiscal	O
year	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
firm	O
by	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
technology	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
61st	O
largest	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
market	O
cap	O
with	O
a	O
value	O
of	O
nearly	O
US$153	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
ranked	O
136th	O
on	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
500	O
,	O
making	O
US	O
$26.5	O
billion	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2020	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
Industrial	O
Average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
former	O
Oracle	B-Application
executive	O
Marc	O
Benioff	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Parker	O
Harris	O
,	O
Dave	O
Moellenhoff	O
,	O
and	O
Frank	O
Dominguez	O
as	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
of	O
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
earliest	O
investors	O
were	O
Larry	O
Ellison	O
,	O
the	O
co-founder	O
and	O
first	O
CEO	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Halsey	O
Minor	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
CNET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
was	O
severely	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
dot-com	O
bubble	O
bursting	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
millennium	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
laying	O
off	O
20%	O
of	O
its	O
workforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
losses	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
continued	O
strong	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
also	O
gained	O
notability	O
during	O
this	O
period	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
software	O
"	O
tagline	O
and	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
also	O
hired	O
actors	O
to	O
hold	O
up	O
signs	O
with	O
its	O
slogan	O
outside	O
a	O
Siebel	O
Systems	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
revenue	O
continued	O
to	O
increase	O
from	O
2000	O
to	O
2003	O
,	O
with	O
2003	O
's	O
revenue	O
skyrocketing	O
from	O
$5.4	O
million	O
in	O
the	O
fiscal	O
year	O
2001	O
to	O
over	O
$100	O
million	O
by	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
held	O
its	O
first	O
annual	O
Dreamforce	B-Application
conference	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
launched	O
IdeaExchange	O
,	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
allows	O
customers	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
company	O
product	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
passed	O
$1	O
billion	O
in	O
annual	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
Service	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
helps	O
companies	O
manage	O
service	O
conversations	O
about	O
their	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
Customer	O
Success	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Einstein	O
,	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
several	O
of	O
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
joined	O
the	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
Industrial	O
Average	O
,	O
replacing	O
energy	O
giant	O
and	O
Standard	O
Oil-descendant	O
ExxonMobil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
ascension	O
to	O
the	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
was	O
concurrent	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Amgen	O
and	O
Honeywell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
factors	O
its	O
components	O
by	O
market	O
price	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
was	O
the	O
largest	O
technology	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
index	O
at	O
its	O
accession	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Across	O
2020	O
and	O
2021	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
saw	O
some	O
notable	O
leadership	O
changes	O
;	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
co-chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
Keith	O
Block	O
stepped	O
down	O
from	O
his	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Salesforce	B-Application
would	O
acquire	O
Slack	B-Protocol
for	O
$27.7	O
billion	O
,	O
its	O
largest	O
acquisition	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
covering	O
the	O
acquisition	O
emphasized	O
the	O
price	O
Salesforce	B-Application
paid	O
for	O
Slack	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
54%	O
premium	O
compared	O
to	O
Slack	B-Protocol
's	O
market	O
value	O
,	O
as	O
too	O
high	O
of	O
a	O
premium	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
with	O
views	O
varying	O
from	O
the	O
premium	O
being	O
too	O
concerning	O
for	O
investors	O
to	O
Salesforce	B-Application
playing	O
the	O
long	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
reported	O
second-quarter	O
earnings	O
of	O
$7.72	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
the	O
German	O
software	O
firm	O
SAP	B-Application
reporting	O
its	O
earnings	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
quarter	O
totaling	O
€7.52	O
Billion	O
,	O
Acceleration	O
Economy	O
reported	O
that	O
Salesforce	B-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
SAP	B-Application
to	O
become	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mirrored	O
Benioff	O
's	O
remarks	O
in	O
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
earnings	O
call	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
stated	O
he	O
looked	O
at	O
"	O
this	O
quarter	O
very	O
much	O
as	O
kind	O
of	O
a	O
milestone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Meta	O
Platforms	O
in	O
September	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
called	O
that	O
Meta	O
's	O
consumer	O
application	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
would	O
integrate	O
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
Customer	O
360	O
platform	O
to	O
allow	O
consumers	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
companies	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
terminate	O
employees	O
in	O
its	O
sales	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
co-CEO	O
and	O
vice	O
chair	O
,	O
Bret	O
Taylor	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
stepping	O
down	O
from	O
his	O
roles	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
with	O
Benioff	O
continuing	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
serve	O
as	O
board	O
chair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
week	O
,	O
former	O
Tableau	O
CEO	O
Mark	O
Nelson	O
and	O
former	O
Slack	B-Protocol
CEO	O
Stewart	O
Butterfield	O
also	O
announced	O
their	O
departures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
departures	O
,	O
Benioff	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
people	O
come	O
and	O
people	O
go	O
"	O
;	O
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
stock	O
dropped	O
to	O
a	O
52-week	O
low	O
after	O
Nelson	O
's	O
resignation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
products	O
include	O
several	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
Sales	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
Service	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
Marketing	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Commerce	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
and	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
technologies	O
include	O
Slack	B-Protocol
,	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
,	O
Tableau	O
Analytics	O
,	O
and	O
Trailhead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
main	O
technologies	O
are	O
tools	O
for	O
customer	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
Platform	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Force.com	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
that	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
add-on	O
applications	O
that	O
integrate	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
third-party	O
applications	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
com	O
's	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Force.com	O
applications	O
are	O
built	O
using	O
declarative	O
tools	O
,	O
backed	O
by	O
Lightning	O
and	O
Apex	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
Java-like	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
Force.com,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Visualforce	O
,	O
a	O
framework	O
including	O
an	O
XML	O
syntax	O
typically	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightning	O
components	O
are	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
open-source	O
Aura	O
Framework	O
but	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Apex	O
as	O
the	O
server-side	O
language	O
instead	O
of	O
Aura	O
's	O
JavaScript	B-Language
dependency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Salesforce	B-Application
AppExchange	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
application	B-Application
marketplace	I-Application
that	O
connects	O
customers	O
with	O
third-party	O
applications	O
and	O
consulting	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
Trailhead	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
online	O
learning	O
platform	O
with	O
courses	O
focused	O
on	O
Salesforce	B-Application
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
streaming	O
service	O
titled	O
Salesforce+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2022	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
has	O
also	O
streamed	O
its	O
annual	O
Dreamforce	B-Application
conference	O
on	O
Salesforce+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desk.com	O
is	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
help	O
desk	O
and	O
customer	O
support	O
product	O
that	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Salesforce	B-Application
for	O
$50	O
million	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Desk.com	O
would	O
be	O
consolidated	O
with	O
other	O
services	O
into	O
Service	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Essentials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Do.com	O
was	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
task	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
small	O
groups	O
and	O
businesses	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
in	O
the	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
has	O
110	O
offices	O
,	O
including	O
ones	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
Israel	O
,	O
London	O
,	O
Paris	O
,	O
Sydney	O
,	O
and	O
Tokyo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
&	O
Poor	O
's	O
added	O
Salesforce	B-Application
to	O
the	O
S&P	O
500	O
Index	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
S&P	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
Indices	O
announced	O
that	O
Salesforce	B-Application
would	O
replace	O
Exxon	O
Mobil	O
in	O
the	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
Industrial	O
Average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Marc	O
Benioff	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
corporate	O
culture	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Ohana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Cynthia	O
Perry	O
,	O
a	O
design	O
research	O
senior	O
manager	O
,	O
resigned	O
,	O
alleging	O
discrimination	O
in	O
the	O
workplace	O
and	O
posting	O
her	O
resignation	O
letter	O
on	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
fiscal	O
year	O
2022	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
reported	O
revenue	O
of	O
US	O
$26.49	O
billion	O
,	O
an	O
increase	O
of	O
25%	O
year-over-year	O
and	O
24%	O
in	O
constant	O
currency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
ranked	O
126	O
on	O
the	O
2022	O
Fortune	O
500	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
United	O
States	O
companies	O
by	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
migrated	O
from	O
Sun	O
Fire	O
E25K	O
servers	O
with	O
SPARC	O
processors	O
running	O
Solaris	O
,	O
to	O
Dell	O
servers	O
with	O
Advanced	O
Micro	O
Devices	O
processors	O
,	O
running	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
UK	O
to	O
handle	O
European	O
citizens	O
 '	O
personal	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
nine-year	O
partnership	O
focusing	O
on	O
applications	O
,	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
use	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
hosting	O
for	O
countries	O
with	O
restrictive	O
data	O
residency	O
requirements	O
and	O
where	O
no	O
Salesforce	B-Application
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
are	O
operating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
has	O
acquired	O
many	O
companies	O
throughout	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
Sendia	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
web	O
service	O
firm	O
,	O
for	O
$15	O
million	O
and	O
Kieden	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
advertising	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
Instranet	O
for	O
$31.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
multiple	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
Jigsaw	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
data	O
service	O
provider	O
,	O
for	O
$142	O
million	O
,	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
Ruby	O
application	O
platform-as-a-service	B-Application
,	O
for	O
$212	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
Activa	O
Live	O
Chat	O
,	O
a	O
live	O
chat	O
software	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
Dimdim	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
conferencing	O
platform	O
,	O
for	O
$31	O
million	O
,	O
Radian6	O
,	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
tracking	O
company	O
,	O
for	O
$340	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
Rypple	O
,	O
a	O
performance	O
management	O
software	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
Buddy	O
Media	O
,	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
marketer	O
,	O
for	O
$689	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
GoInstant	O
,	O
a	O
browser	O
collaboration	O
startup	O
,	O
for	O
$70	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
ExactTarget	O
,	O
an	O
email	O
marketer	O
,	O
for	O
$2.5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
RelateIQ	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
company	O
,	O
for	O
$390	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
multiple	O
companies	O
for	O
undisclosed	O
sums	O
,	O
including	O
Toopher	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
authentication	O
company	O
,	O
Tempo	B-Application
,	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
calendar	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
MinHash	O
,	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
spent	O
over	O
$5	O
billion	O
in	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
acquired	O
included	O
Demandware	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
provider	O
of	O
e-commerce	O
services	O
,	O
for	O
$2.8	O
billion	O
and	O
Quip	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
word	O
processing	O
app	O
,	O
for	O
$750	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
acquired	O
several	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
MuleSoft	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
company	O
,	O
for	O
$6.5	O
billion	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Rebel	O
,	O
an	O
email	O
services	O
provider	O
,	O
and	O
Datorama	O
,	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
marketing	O
platform	O
,	O
for	O
undisclosed	O
amounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2019	O
and	O
2021	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
made	O
two	O
of	O
its	O
largest	O
acquisitions	O
,	O
with	O
Salesforce	B-Application
completing	O
its	O
acquisition	O
Tableau	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
visualization	O
and	O
analytics	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
for	O
$15.7	O
billion	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
Slack	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
its	O
namesake	O
office	O
messaging	O
platform	O
,	O
for	O
$27.7	O
billion	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
also	O
made	O
smaller	O
acquisitions	O
throughout	O
2019	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
2021	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
ClickSoftware	O
for	O
$1.35	O
billion	O
,	O
consulting	O
firm	O
Acumen	O
Solutions	O
for	O
$570	O
million	O
,	O
CRM	O
firm	O
Vlocity	O
for	O
$1.33	O
billion	O
,	O
privacy	O
compliance	O
startup	O
Phennecs	O
for	O
$16.5	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
robotic	O
process	O
automation	O
firm	O
Servicetrace	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
's	O
most	O
recent	O
acquisition	O
was	O
Slack-bot	O
maker	O
Troops.ai,	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
expected	O
to	O
close	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
phishing	O
attack	O
compromised	O
contact	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Salesforce	B-Application
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
customers	O
then	O
received	O
phishing	O
emails	O
that	O
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
invoices	O
from	O
Salesforce	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salesforce	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
phisher	O
tricked	O
someone	O
into	O
disclosing	O
a	O
password	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
intrusion	O
did	O
not	O
stem	O
from	O
a	O
security	O
flaw	O
in	O
[	O
the	O
salesforce.com 	O
)	O
application	O
or	O
database.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MEATPISTOL	O
tool	O
was	O
anticipated	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
open-source	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
presentation	O
,	O
but	O
Salesforce	B-Application
did	O
n't	O
release	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
developers	O
or	O
the	O
public	O
during	O
the	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
not-for-profit	O
organization	O
Refugee	O
and	O
Immigrant	O
Center	O
for	O
Education	O
and	O
Legal	O
Services	O
(	O
RAICES	O
)	O
rejected	O
a	O
US$	O
250,000	O
donation	O
from	O
Salesforce	B-Application
because	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
contracts	O
with	O
U.S.	O
Customs	O
and	O
Border	O
Protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Institute	O
on	O
Taxation	O
and	O
Economic	O
Policy	O
found	O
that	O
Salesforce	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
91	O
companies	O
who	O
"	O
paid	O
an	O
effective	O
federal	O
tax	O
rate	O
of	O
0%	O
or	O
less	O
"	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
Tax	O
Cuts	O
and	O
Jobs	O
Act	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
faced	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
by	O
50	O
anonymous	O
women	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
victims	O
and	O
survivors	O
of	O
sex	O
trafficking	O
,	O
abuse	O
,	O
and	O
rape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Japan	O
faced	O
a	O
discrimination	O
lawsuit	O
from	O
a	O
former	O
employee	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Japanese	O
legal	O
media	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suit	O
alleged	O
that	O
the	O
anonymous	O
woman	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
employee	O
at	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Japan	O
from	O
2018	O
to	O
2020	O
,	O
faced	O
hate	O
speech	O
,	O
microaggressions	O
and	O
rejection	O
of	O
reasonable	O
accommodation	O
from	O
the	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
reported	O
that	O
8,000	O
employees	O
had	O
been	O
laid	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
over-hiring	O
during	O
the	O
Covid	O
lockdown	O
and	O
a	O
global	O
economic	O
downturn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
began	O
investing	O
in	O
startups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
investments	O
became	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Ventures	O
,	O
headed	O
by	O
John	O
Somorjai	O
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
SFV	O
set	O
up	O
Salesforce1	O
Fund	O
,	O
aimed	O
at	O
start-ups	O
creating	O
applications	O
primarily	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Ventures	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Japan	O
Trailblazer	O
Fund	O
,	O
focused	O
on	O
Japanese	O
startups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
Ventures	O
reported	O
investments	O
totaling	O
over	O
$1	O
billion	O
in	O
275	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
CloudCraze	O
(	O
e-commerce	O
)	O
,	O
Figure	O
Eight	O
(	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Forter	O
(	O
online	O
fraud	O
prevention	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
FinancialForce	B-General_Concept
(	O
automation	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
SFV	O
's	O
five	O
largest	O
investments	O
—	O
Domo	O
(	O
data-visualization	O
software	O
)	O
,	O
SurveyMonkey	O
(	O
online	O
survey	O
software	O
)	O
,	O
Twilio	B-General_Concept
(	O
cloud-communication	O
)	O
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
(	O
cloud	B-Architecture
storage	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
DocuSign	O
(	O
secure	O
e-signature	O
company	O
)	O
—	O
accounted	O
for	O
nearly	O
half	O
of	O
its	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
its	O
investments	O
had	O
resulted	O
in	O
$2.17	O
billion	O
annual	O
gain	O
.	O
</s>
