Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the SaaSpocalypse is 'crazy nonsense' - and Jensen Huang agrees with him
Nvidia CEO says AI "is going to make the software so much better"
by https://www.techradar.com/author/mike-moore · TechRadarNews By Mike Moore Published 16 September 2026
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- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff calls the SaaSpocalypse "crazy nonsense"
- Instead, he predicts a new kind of software interface will make all the difference
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agrees, saying the end of software isn't nigh
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has hit out at reports AI technology will lead to a "SaaSpocalypse", saying traditional software still has life in it yet.
Speaking at the opening keynote of Dreamforce 2026, Benioff said the talk of a SaaSpocalypse over the last six months was "crazy nonsense".
Instead, Benioff said the market trends would actually bring in a new age of software - one where AI would be playing a key role.
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A new kind of interface
"Hasn't it been wild?" Benioff asked the Dreamforce crowd.
"But I think we realized that SaaSpocalypse - it's not about the end of software, but it may be about the end of software that makes humans do all the work."
Namely, this refers to AIforce, the company's new realization of the software interface, to reflect the needs of the AI age.
Benioff noted that over the past few decades, users have gone from Command Line interfaces to GUI, from web to mobile - and now, with AI assuming a much greater role in the world of work, there's a need for a new kind of interface.
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