Salesforce to acquire Informatica for $8 Billion in equity

Salesforce, the world’s leading AI CRM, is acquiring Informatica, a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, for approximately $8 billion in equity value, net of Salesforce’s current investment in Informatica.

According to the companies, the planned acquisition will enhance Salesforce’s trusted data foundation critical for deploying powerful and responsible agentic AI.

The combination of Informatica’s rich data catalog, data integration, governance, quality and privacy, metadata management, and Master Data Management (MDM) services with the Salesforce platform will establish a unified architecture for agentic AI—enabling AI agents to operate safely, responsibly, and at scale across the modern enterprise.

Under the terms of the agreement, holders of Informatica’s Class A and Class B-1 common stock will receive $25 in cash per share.

“Together, Salesforce and Informatica will create the most complete, agent-ready data platform in the industry,” said Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce. “By uniting the power of Data Cloud, MuleSoft, and Tableau with Informatica’s industry-leading, advanced data management capabilities, we will enable autonomous agents to deliver smarter, safer, and more scalable outcomes for every company, and significantly strengthen our position in the $150 billion-plus enterprise data market.”

Bringing together Informatica’s cloud-native capabilities—including its extensive data catalog, data integration, governance, quality and privacy, metadata management, and MDM—with the Salesforce platform will unlock new capabilities for Salesforce’s enterprise data stack, delivering a complete solution to the challenges of AI at scale, by:

• Achieving data clarity with Data Cloud: Informatica will strengthen Data Cloud’s leadership as a Customer Data Platform (CDP), ensuring data from across the organization is not just unified but clear, trusted, and actionable.
• Elevating Agentforce: Combined, Informatica and Salesforce will provide a critical foundation for autonomous AI agents to interpret and act on complex enterprise data, building a true system of intelligence on a trusted system of understanding.
• Augmenting the Customer 360: Salesforce CRM applications will be enhanced, giving teams the confidence to deliver more personalized and effective customer experiences, backed by trusted data.
• Governed understanding for MuleSoft: Informatica’s advanced data quality, integration, cataloging, and governance will ensure data flowing through MuleSoft APIs is not just connected but also enriched, standardized, and trustworthy.
• Context-rich insights for Tableau: Tableau users will benefit from richer, context-driven insights thanks to a more accessible and better-understood data landscape.

Delivering this level of value requires more than a partnership—it demands deep, native integration of Informatica technology within the Salesforce platform.

“Joining forces with Salesforce represents a significant leap forward in our journey to bring data and AI to life by empowering businesses with the transformative power of their most critical asset—their data," said Amit Walia, CEO of Informatica. “We have a shared vision for how we can help organizations harness the full value of their data in the AI era.”

Upon close, Salesforce plans to rapidly integrate Informatica’s technology stack—including data integration, quality, governance, and unified metadata for Agentforce, and a single data pipeline with MDM on Data Cloud.

Salesforce will also support Informatica’s continued strategy of building best-in-class, AI-powered data management products—delivering a complete, end-to-end platform with industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage, and unify data across any cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud environment.

Under the terms of the agreement, Salesforce will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Informatica that it does not already own. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both Salesforce and Informatica and is expected to close early in Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027, subject to the receipt of required regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

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