Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has announced the appointment of two new board members, Amy Chang and David B. Kirk, effective immediately. Amy Chang, an accomplished technology executive, AI entrepreneur, and advisor, serves on the boards of The Walt Disney Company and Procter & Gamble. She has also previously held leadership positions at Cisco and Google. David B. Kirk, a pioneering computer scientist and former NVIDIA Chief Scientist, is known for his contributions to parallel computing, graphics hardware, and graphics algorithm research.
Salesforce, known as the world’s #1 AI CRM, is continuing to strengthen its board with individuals who bring exceptional experience driving innovation and deep technical expertise, particularly in the era of AI and digital labor. This move is seen as a strategic decision by Salesforce to ensure the company has the right expertise to lead and navigate times of profound transformation and change.
The appointment of Amy Chang and David B. Kirk is expected to bolster Salesforce’s efforts to unlock the full potential of human-AI collaboration and digital labor for its customers with Agentforce and across its deeply unified platform. This move reflects the company's commitment to building an innovation-forward and technical board to deliver transformative value for all stakeholders in the new agentic AI era.
In addition, Salesforce's digital labor solution, Agentforce, is highlighted as seamlessly integrating with Customer 360 applications, data cloud, and Einstein AI to create a limitless workforce, bringing humans and agents together to deliver customer success on a single, trusted platform. This emphasizes the company's focus on reshaping businesses with AI and its commitment to delivering customer success through innovative solutions. As a result of these announcements, the company's shares have moved -0.96% on the market, and are now trading at a price of $271.035. For the full picture, make sure to review Salesforce's 8-K report.
