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Salesforce's stock is getting hammered partly because AI is eating into the value of what they've been selling you for years. Here's the plain version of what's happening: analysts are watching the A

Salesforce's stock is getting hammered partly because AI is eating into the value of what they've been selling you for years.
Here's the plain version of what's happening: analysts are watching the Anthropic IPO cycle and flagging Salesforce as a company under real pressure. The CRM giant built its empire on being the system of record — the thing everything runs through. AI is quietly making that position less defensible, and Wall Street is starting to price that in.
For you, this matters in a very specific way. The consultants who told you Salesforce was the only serious option for a company your size were always selling you on its ecosystem, not its fit for your business. That ecosystem moat is shrinking. You're not locked in because of technical superiority anymore — you're locked in because switching feels like too much chaos to justify.
You've been through that chaos before. A platform switch that promised everything and delivered a six-month nightmare. Another consultant invoice that didn't move the needle. The skepticism you carry into every CRM conversation is earned, not irrational.
But the industry shifting around Salesforce means the window for better alternatives — ones built for how your team actually operates, not for Fortune 500 org charts — is wider than it's been in a long time.
The most expensive CRM isn't always the one with the biggest contract.
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Salesforce (CRM). Error loading chart data: Turnstile challenge failed: 200100. AI has not been kind to the CRM business. Many consider Salesforce ...