$300M on Anthropic tokens, zero new engineers hired - Salesforce is the clearest case study of where this is going

Been watching this Salesforce situation develop for a while. Benioff confirmed on the All-In podcast that the company will spend around $300 million on Anthropic tokens this year, mostly for internal coding work. What's interesting isn't just the number - it's the whole picture: * Hired zero software engineers since January 2025 * AI now handles 30 to 50% of overall company workload * Cut support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 using agents * Agentforce just hit $800M ARR, up 169% year on year The money that used to go into payroll expansions is now going into token spend. That's a structural shift, not a cost-cutting round. Source: [https://www.techloy.com/marc-benioff-says-salesforce-will-spend-300-million-on-anthropic-tokens-this-year/](https://www.techloy.com/marc-benioff-says-salesforce-will-spend-300-million-on-anthropic-tokens-this-year/) Full breakdown here if useful: [https://youtu.be/WmZyStkMM1M](https://youtu.be/WmZyStkMM1M) Is Salesforce the template everyone else follows, or is this specific to companies that already have AI-native products to sell?