Salesforce’s long-rumored takeover of Informatica is on, complete with a price tag of $8 billion and an ambition to create “a unified architecture for agentic AI”. Will it be a case of second time lucky after talks last year to push ahead with the deal fell apart? And what’s changed now to enable it to go ahead?

Informatica data management for agentic AI will be integrated into Salesforce CRM, Tableau, MuleSoft, and more.

Salesforce appears to be getting a good deal on Informatica at $25 per share, about 33 percent above share trading before the rumors broke Friday, according to a Tuesday William Blair report. When rumors of a deal emerged last year, Informatica stock traded at $38 a share.

Salesforce is acquiring cloud data management star Informatica for $8 billion in a move to create the top AI data platform company in the world

Salesforce Informatica acquisition is making waves as Salesforce confirms an $8 billion deal to buy data software giant Informatica. The move is set to supercharge Salesforce's AI capabilities by merging Informaticas powerful data management tools with Salesforces Data Cloud,

Salesforce announced that it has reached and signed an agreement to acquire Informatica, the leader in AI-powered data management. The agreement will see