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Salesforce Lays Off 86 San Francisco Employees in Third Round of Cuts

The company says its AI-driven restructuring is reducing demand for some support roles and reshaping product teams.

Overview

  • A California WARN notice filed Tuesday recorded 86 job cuts at Salesforce’s San Francisco offices with a local breakdown of 63 tech and product roles, 21 general administration roles, and 2 sales and distribution roles.
  • Reporting and people familiar with the matter say the layoffs touch teams working on Agentforce, MuleSoft, and Marketing Cloud, though Salesforce has not publicly commented on the specific teams.
  • This is the company’s third round of reductions in nine months following earlier layoffs that included about 262 San Francisco roles last September and further cuts earlier in 2026.
  • Salesforce reported last month that Agentforce’s annualized revenue passed $1 billion and CEO Marc Benioff has said AI has reduced the need for some customer support staff, while the company’s stock has fallen roughly 30% this year.
  • The cuts remove jobs at one of San Francisco’s largest employers and add to regional tech-sector declines, and they raise questions about real-world adoption of Salesforce’s AI tools and potential further restructuring.