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

Salesforce has acquired cloud data management firm Informatica in an $8 billion equity deal, marking a major move in its push to strengthen its AI and data infrastructure capabilities.

Informatica is exploring a sale after attracting renewed takeover interest from suitors, including Salesforce , a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Salesforce already possesses an extraordinary amount of data on the world’s biggest companies. The software giant’s acquisition of data management and analytics firm Informatica, however, signals its AI-agent platform,

Salesforce Inc. has agreed to acquire Informatica Inc. for about $8 billion, barely a year after an earlier effort fell through.

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Salesforce is nearing an agreement to acquire Informatica in a deal valued at approximately $8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.