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By Aditya Soni

May 28 2025 5:50AM

To bolster AI data tools.

Salesforce to buy Informatica for US$8 billion

Salesforce will buy Informatica for about $8 billion ($12.4 billion), betting on the data management platform to sharpen its competitive edge in the booming artificial intelligence market. The cloud-software giant is returning to big-ticket M&A after years on the sidelines, driven by ...

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