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33 Salesforce
AI hardware and software R&D at Salesforce, from every daily edition, newest first · Curated by Dr.P.R.K.Varma
Software
21 October 2026
Agentforce + NVIDIA Agent Toolkit reference architecture (Slack as orchestration layer)
enterprise agents
SoftwareCompany or official announcementTRL: Commercial
Evidence: partner press release · TRL: commercial · Sources: nvidianews.nvidia.com · cnbc.com · RKV-RND-2026-10-21-041
Full write-up from 21 October 2026
Latest verified R&D update. Date: 2026-03-16. Salesforce's latest verified R&D-related item is its Agentforce reference architecture with NVIDIA Nemotron and Agent Toolkit (16 March 2026). On 20 October 2026, Salesforce agreed to acquire Braze for $5.66 billion . That is a corporate transaction, not R&D. Evidence: partner press release. TRL: commercial. Source(s): https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ai-agents; https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/salesforce-braze-acquisition-deal.html