Salesforce Confirms Dreamforce ConferenceSan Francisco for 2024 After Reaching Agreement with City Mayor
Dreamforce conference, touted as the world's largest enterprise tech conference, set to continue in San Francisco in 2024 due to an agreement between Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and city mayor despite previous concerns over city's homelessness and drug issues.
- Despite previous concerns over San Francisco's homelessness and drug issues, Salesforce will continue to host its Dreamforce conference in the city in 2024 due to an agreement made with the city mayor.
- Dreamforce, one of the world's largest enterprise tech conferences, was previously speculated to move out of San Francisco after remarks made by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Benioff praised the city for its cleanliness and safety measures during this year's Dreamforce event despite reports of drug overdose deaths and an increase in homelessness in recent years.
- This year's conference drew a smaller crowd of about 40,000 attendees compared to the 171,000 in 2019, but nonetheless generated more than $89 million in economic activity for the city.
- The conference's continuation is expected to drive further recognition for San Francisco as an AI capital, with Salesforce showcasing AI integration technologies from notable artificial intelligence startups like Adept AI and Anthropic.
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