More than 45 Salesforce employees have joined Anthropic and nearly 40 have moved to OpenAI this year, reflecting both companies’ deeper focus on enterprise customers, The Information reported.
OpenAI and Anthropic are drawing heavily from Salesforce’s talent pool as they expand their enterprise businesses. More than 45 Salesforce employees have joined Anthropic this year, while nearly 40 have moved to OpenAI, based on LinkedIn data cited by The Information. The hiring pattern points to intensifying competition for corporate customers, where sales, product and go-to-market expertise can be as important as model development in turning AI tools into large-scale business offerings.