SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s annual Dreamforce conference is wrapping up, nevertheless it’s not been with out controversy.
This week, Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff has made quite a few statements in regards to the metropolis itself, at one level echoing the president’s name to deploy the Nationwide Guard in San Francisco.
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Nevertheless, on Friday, Benioff issued an apology on X, retracting his assist for troops in San Francisco: “Having listened intently to my fellow San Franciscans and our native officers, and after the most important and most secure Dreamforce in our historical past, I don’t imagine the Nationwide Guard is required to deal with security in San Francisco. My earlier remark got here from an abundance of warning across the occasion, and I sincerely apologize for the priority it prompted.”
Silicon Valley billionaire, enterprise capitalist, and longtime Democratic donor Ron Conway has resigned from the Salesforce Basis board. In an e mail obtained by ABC7 Information’ media companions at SF Commonplace, Conway mentioned he was “shocked and upset” by Benioff’s preliminary remarks.
Conway, who is named the “Godfather of Silicon Valley,” mentioned that “I barely acknowledge the particular person I’ve so lengthy admired.”
Most lately, Benioff pitched to ICE utilizing Salesforce’s AI expertise to quickly rent 10,000 new officers and brokers.
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Regardless of the controversies, Benioff touted this 12 months’s Dreamforce because the most secure but. He says it is thanks largely to the 200 extra San Francisco officers who joined the ranks this week.
Benioff can also be pledging $1 million in hiring bonuses for brand new cops and $15 billion to San Francisco over the following 5 years.
New York Occasions’ San Francisco Bureau Chief Heather Knight broke each of those tales this week — after she spoke to Benioff earlier than the annual convention. Watch her full interview with ABC7 information within the participant above.
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