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Salesforce to Acquire Informatica for $8 Billion to Bolster AI and Data Management

Salesforce will integrate Informatica’s data catalog into its Agentforce platform to build a unified architecture for enterprise AI.

A logo of Salesforce is seen at its exhibition space, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
FILE - People walk past the Salesforce Tower in New York on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
FILE: An aerial view of Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on May 30, 2023. The tower’s namesake company is buying the publicly traded Informatica.

Overview

  • Salesforce agreed to purchase Informatica for $8 billion, offering $25 per share, a roughly 30% premium to Informatica’s closing price before talks resumed.
  • The deal, approved by both companies’ boards, will be funded through a mix of cash and new debt and is expected to close in early fiscal year 2027 pending regulatory approval.
  • This acquisition marks Salesforce’s largest since its $27.7 billion purchase of Slack in 2021 and follows a return to big‐ticket dealmaking after activist investors pressed for greater profitability.
  • Informatica’s data catalog, integration, governance and metadata management tools will be folded into Salesforce’s Data Cloud and Agentforce to create a unified AI-ready data platform.
  • Salesforce projects the transaction will boost its operating margin from the second year after closing and solidify its stance in the $150 billion-plus enterprise data market.