Salesforce is testing whether AI can help smaller teams build more software

For years, the simplest way for a technology company to build more software was to hire more engineers. More products, more customers and greater complexity meant bigger development teams. But US-based enterprise software company Salesforce is now testing whether that equation still holds in the age of AI.

It has deployed AI coding agents, including Anthropic’s Claude Code, across its engineering organisation to see how much more existing teams can deliver without a corresponding increase in headcount. The company operates major engineering, product development, and R&D hubs in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and other cities.