Salesforce will acquire customer service AI company Fin for about US$3.6 billion as it expands its Agentforce platform.
The deal is subject to customary purchase price adjustments and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce’s 2027 financial year, pending regulatory clearances and other closing conditions.
Fin, formerly known as Intercom, provides an AI agent that resolves customer enquiries across live chat, email, WhatsApp, SMS, phone and Slack.
The technology uses Apex, Fin’s proprietary AI model developed specifically for customer support.
Fin’s packaged products and proprietary models will complement Agentforce, Salesforce’s platform for deploying autonomous AI agents.
The acquisition is expected to give businesses more ways to introduce AI agents into their customer service operations.
Fin offers faster deployment options, particularly for smaller businesses and some commercial organisations, while Agentforce supports more tailored enterprise-scale implementations.
Fin cited customer examples in which its AI agents resolved an average of 76% of support volume from start to finish.
The company has a global customer base of more than 30,000 businesses.
Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff said,
“Fin brings proven agent technology, a deep commitment to customer success, and an incredible AI team that will complement Agentforce with powerful service agent capabilities.
Together, we’ll help companies of every size seize this opportunity — accelerating time to value with trusted agents that deliver measurable outcomes at scale.”
Fin CEO and Co-Founder Eoghan McCabe said,
“Our technology has defined this category and set the new standards for what great customer service looks like today.
By joining forces with Salesforce, we can deploy it far and wide at a rate far faster than we could have ever achieved on our own.”
Agentforce reached US$1.2 billion in annual recurring revenue in the first quarter of Salesforce’s 2027 financial year, up 205% from a year earlier.
Based on the expected closing date, Salesforce does not expect the deal to affect its fiscal 2027 guidance or capital return programme.
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