Salesforce

The Pentagon has abruptly canceled two major HR software modernization projects for the Air Force and Navy—provided by Accenture and built on Oracle’s platform—after more than a decade of development and a combined spend of at least $800million. The programs, intended to overhaul outdated payroll and personnel systems, were described as nearly completed and not suffering from major publicized technical failures or cost overruns. Yet, by May 2025, the Pentagon paused and then terminated both, pivoting to seek solutions from top Silicon Valley vendors Salesforce and Palantir instead

Salesforce has begun 2025 with a significant workforce reduction, laying off over 1,000 employees in a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. The layoffs, impacting approximately 1.5% of Salesforce's global workforce, signal the company's aggressive push to expand its AI-driven sales initiatives, particularly its flagship AI offering, Agentforce.