Salesforce is set to acquire Tenyx, which develops artificial intelligence-powered voice agents, to advance its AI-driven solutions.
The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter. Tenyx’s co-founders, CEO Itamar Arel and CTO Adam Earle, along with their team, will join Salesforce.
Tenyx, a California-based startup founded in 2022, caters to clients across various industries, including e-commerce, healthcare, hospitality and travel.
The San Francisco, California-based Salesforce is now looking at acquisitions to re-accelerate its revenue growth.
Microsoft paid $650 million in March to acquire talent from AI startup Inflection. Amazon hired several co-founders and employees from Adept, another AI startup, in June.