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TechCrunch Jun 15, 2026 at 14:34 Startups Rising Hot

Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B

Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.

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