Salesforce is cutting 86 jobs at its San Francisco headquarters in what marks the company’s third round of layoffs in nine months, according to reporting from local outlets. The affected workers are based at Salesforce Tower on Mission Street, the company’s main office in the city.
The June layoff follows earlier cuts in February 2026, when the cloud software provider eliminated fewer than 1,000 roles across marketing, product management, data analytics, and its Agentforce AI product, according to Reuters and Business Insider. That earlier round also involved executive changes as the company restructured leadership.
Salesforce has cited artificial intelligence as a driver of its workforce reductions. In previous announcements, CEO Marc Benioff said the company used AI agents to reduce its customer support staff from roughly 9,000 to 5,000 employees. The company is simultaneously investing heavily in Agentforce, its proprietary AI agent platform designed to automate customer service tasks and assist employees across workflows. The February cuts specifically targeted roles in Agentforce development alongside other teams, suggesting the company is reallocating resources toward AI product expansion even as it shrinks headcount in traditional areas.
The pattern of repeated cuts over nine months reflects broader dynamics in the tech industry, where companies are restructuring around AI capabilities. Salesforce’s approach—cutting jobs while building out AI products—mirrors strategies adopted by other major software firms navigating the shift toward agentic AI systems.
Sources
- KRON4 — reported the 86-job cut at Salesforce Tower on Mission Street in San Francisco
- San Francisco Chronicle — identified this as the company’s third round of cuts in nine months
- Reuters — confirmed the February 2026 cuts affected fewer than 1,000 roles in marketing, product management, data analytics, and Agentforce AI product
- Business Insider — reported on the February 2026 layoffs and executive changes
