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Salesforce Q2 Earnings Beat Sends Shares Up 12%

8/27/2026

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Story summary

Salesforce reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations, sending its shares up 12% in after-hours trading.
Salesforce and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei unveiled the Claudeforce plugin that lets salespeople use Claude to access and update Salesforce data.
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $5.90 versus the $3.27 consensus.
Salesforce forecast full-year revenue of $46.1-$46.4 billion, implying about 11% growth.

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Historical Context

In June 2004 Salesforce went public on the NYSE, raising $110 million and proving SaaS viability. The firm later invested $50 million in Anthropic’s 2023 Series C and now offers AI services such as Einstein GPT to extend data access. This echoes the early cloud surge that first boosted enterprise valuations across the sector.

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Story summary

Salesforce reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations, sending its shares up 12% in after-hours trading.
Salesforce and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei unveiled the Claudeforce plugin that lets salespeople use Claude to access and update Salesforce data.
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $5.90 versus the $3.27 consensus.
Salesforce forecast full-year revenue of $46.1-$46.4 billion, implying about 11% growth.

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