By offering better integrations with Salesforce, Google hopes to encourage customers using Microsoft products to make the switch.

The contract, worth $2.5 billion, is emblematic of how big tech companies are forging alliances to offer a broader menu of AI products.

The new, seven-year deal, announced today, will enable Salesforce customers to run their Agentforce AI agents and its customer relationship management software on Google’s cloud infrastructure, where they can take advantage of an extensive range of data analytics products,

Google is laying off some employees in its Google Cloud business. As reported by Bloomberg, and citing people "familiar with the matter," the cloud giant cut fewer than 100 jobs in the cloud department and focused on those working in sales operations.

Alphabet's Google cut employees in its cloud division, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The size of the layoffs or how many workers have been affected was undetermined,

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