SalesForce has acquired the Cloud Informatica data management company in a $ 8 billion shares agreement, marking a significant move in its push to enhance the AI infrastructure and data capabilities.
The announcement, made on Tuesday, comes about a year after early rumors of the acquisition sent the prices of the shares of both companies. At that time, Informatica denied that it was for sale, but many could change in one year.
According to the terms of the agreement, SalesForce will pay $ 25 in cash per share for the common share of Class A and Class B-1, adjusting its previous investment to the company.
Informatica was founded in 1993 and works with more than 5,000 customers in more than 100 countries. THE The company had $ 7.1 billion Market ceiling at the time of publication.
This acquisition will help to boost SalesForce’s Agents AI, the company’s press release said, giving the company more data infrastructure and governance to help AI delegates run more “safely, responsibly and on a scale throughout the modern business”.
“Together, Supercharge Agentforce, Data Cloud, Tableau, Mulesoft and Customer 360, allowing autonomous agents to act with intelligence, framework and confidence in every business,” said Salesforce Managing Director Marc Benioff in the press release. “This is a transformative step for providing Ai-Grade AI that is safe, responsible and deeply integrated into the world’s data.”
The march to this deal began in April 2024, when reports appeared that Salesforce watched Informatica. Market reaction was fast – the shares of the two companies were immersed by fears of a difficult completion or strategic mismatch. Informatica later issued a public statement that denies any sale discussions. But what once seemed unlikely is official now.
Informatica is not the first SalesForce Data Management Company it has acquired in the past year. In September, Salesforce broke its own company for $ 1.9 billion in cash.
“Data security has never been more critical and OWN’s proven know -how and products will enhance our ability to provide strong data protection and management solutions to our customers,” said General Manager SalesForce Steve Fisher in a press release at the time.
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