A Conversation with Marc Benioff and David Sacks | Dreamforce 2025

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Enjoy an exciting discussion with Chair, CEO & Co-Founder, Salesforce, Marc Benioff, and Founder & Partner, @craft_ventures David Sacks. Learn about Sacks' journey from PayPal to Yammer and his current role advising the US administration on AI and Crypto, and hear the contrast between working for Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:54 Introduction of David Sacks by Marc Benioff. 1:05 Welcome to Dreamforce; start of the discussion. 2:26 Sacks' Background: South Africa, Stanford, and early career at PayPal. 8:47 Contrasting leadership styles: Working for Peter Thiel vs. Elon Musk. 13:08 Discussing Yammer and the shift to enterprise social networking. 14:30 Marc Benioff mentions Salesforce's Chatter and the "social enterprise" vision. 17:07 The "huge right turn" into politics and advising the US administration. 27:48 Discussing policy on AI and Crypto. 44:50 Marc Benioff thanks David Sacks at the close of the Dreamforce talk. #Salesforce Subscribe to Salesforce’s YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/SalesforceSubscribe Learn more about Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesforce Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/salesforce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salesforce LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/salesforce About Salesforce: Improve customer relationships with Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM where humans with agents drive customer success together. Our integrated platform pairs your unified customer data with trusted agents that can assist, take action autonomously, and hand off seamlessly to your employees in sales, service, marketing, commerce, and more. Disclaimer: This video is for demonstration purposes only. All account data depicted is fictional and does not contain personally identifiable information (PII). This content is intended solely to illustrate product functionality in a simulated environment.