The Exchange Winter 2024
QUARTERLY MAGAZINE The Trust Issue 2024 WINTER MVP Clara Shih Salesforce Love Language Trusted AI Ben
THIS MONTH THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 5 Cross the Data 8 On Trusted AI Strategy Divide A note from Clara Shih, Customers share their stories and advice. EVP & GM, Salesforce AI. 0 1 101 0 1 10101 1 0 011010 1 0 1 0 01 101 0101010 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 010101 10 0 010 1 0 1 1 0 1 101 0 1 0 1 0 1101 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 01 1 1 0 1 0 101 0 1 0 101 01 1 0 1 010 6 01 0 10 11 0 10 101010101 1 0 1 MVP Love Shredding Barriers 1 Language Eight nonpro昀椀ts dedicated to making snow Trailblazers share the apps they love. sports more accessible. 7 Trust Is a Must 13 Salesforce Ben Trust and AI. Our latest “Ask More of AI” ads featuring Matthew McConaughey. 2
LETTER FROM THE EXCHANGE The Editor Winter 2024 Salesforce AppExchange Trust positioned as a Leader Issues in SaaS Marketplaces Analyst Report. This time of year, love is in the air and it got me thinking ... AppExchange has been recognized as a Leader in The romance is pawsome but trust is what makes it last. Since Forrester Wave™: SaaS Marketplaces, Q4 2023 analyst report. trust is such a hot topic these days around technology (especially AI), my team and I thought this would be the perfect time to dig into it. We can call this the “trust issues” issue. Forrester’s evaluation of nine of the most significant providers in the category found that Salesforce is Read the latest from expert Salesforce free Salesforce Labs apps. As always, a Leader. We are recognized for the breadth we’ve packed in some fun and feel-good Ben and MVPs sharing the apps they love and scale of our SaaS solutions. treats, too. So cozy up and enjoy. It’ll be and trust. We also have an update from Salesforce EVP & GM of AI, Clara Shih, fun, trust us. and highlights of the latest and greatest Enjoy, Download the report Appy 3
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THIS MONTHDATA STRATEGY THE EXCHANGE Featuring Winter 2024 MVP Love Language There’s always more than one way Trusted AppExchange It’s that time of year again. “to get to the end. Partners Our regulars know we can’t resist sharing the love with our fabulous Jim Mitchell MVPs in our winter issue. It’s a sweet AppExchange tradition and, as Coveo Propel PLM GridBuddy always, they’ve got us feeling all sentimental. DIRECTOR, SALESFORCE APPLICATIONS Aw, shucks! Read the full story I wake up in the morning and I Trusted AppExchange “get excited because I’m doing Partners Rakesh Gupta Martin Humpolec something that I haven’t done before. I think if people don’t grow I love AppExchange I love AppExchange FormAssembly Demand Own because ... because ... they go backwards. Tools Recover “The Salesforce AppExchange “I love the diversity of applications Tal Frankfurt greatly aids in saving Gabie Caballero that can solve basically any problem, or from which I can take development time, enabling the FOUNDER & CEO inspiration about which area I quick delivery of exceptional I love AppExchange might want to cover next with my experiences in a cost- Read the full story because ... clients.” e昀昀ective manner. Importantly, “AppExchange fosters a vibrant the applications on the community of developers, users, Three apps I love AppExchange are user-friendly and experts. This allows for right now: and secure, adding signi昀椀cant knowledge-sharing, peer support, S-Docs, Distribution Engine, and value to the overall experience.” and collaborative problem-solving, Salesforce Labs apps Success is difficult because it Trusted AppExchange Three apps I love further enriching the platform’s Partners right now value.” “requires a level of effort that : is beyond your current level Copado, SharinPix, and S-Docs Three apps I love right now of comfort. : ClearMDM The Trade Desk Duplicate Management Sumo Scheduler, Titan, and Tyrone Davis by AI Revenue Grid FOUNDER & FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT enthyco Read the full story 6
TRUST AND AI THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 When it comes to AI, trust is a must. It’s pretty clear at this point that a lot of us have major trust issues when it comes to AI. While some of it might be over-the-top Data may be the new gold, but that paranoia inspired by decades of sci-昀椀 昀椀lms, doesn’t mean it should be for sale. That’s a lot of it is grounded in serious concern why, alongside trusty partner Matthew about what’s going to happen to our data. McConaughey, we’re here to keep your While this is a serious issue, we admit, information safe from hackers, highwaymen, we’ve had a little fun with it. If you haven’t and other nefarious ne’er-do-wells. It’s just seen our latest spot, check it out. one of the ways we #AskMoreofAI. 7
TRUST AND AI THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 Our approach to building Data Cloud and the new Einstein Copilot Studio — which includes Prompt Builder, Action Builder, and Model Builder — is to provide a trusted, easy-to-use, cutting-edge AI and data platform to enable, de-risk, and accelerate your unique position as the trusted AI advisor to our customers. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey into the AI + Data + CRM + Trust future for our customers. Your expertise, feedback, and partnership are crucial as we build the future together. Clara Shih EVP & GM, Salesforce AI For Partners: Deepen Y A Note On Trusted AI our GenAI Understanding Her e ar e some brie f videos fea turing Su san E merson, S VP specializing in AI, an aly tics, and da ta. Her insigh ts highligh t the ne w oppor tunities the Einst ein C opilo t from Clara Shih, EVP & GM, Salesforce AI Pla tform can o 昀昀er y ou t o be tt er ser v e y our c u st omers. Dear P ar tners and C u st omers, • How do we deploy trusted generative AI to harness A s w e g e t deeper in t o 2024, I w an t t o undersc or e Your GenAI Opportunities Our GenAI Di昀昀erentiators GenAI Conversations the tr the bene昀椀ts without exposing our organization to emendou s opportunity ahead th a t g ener a tiv e with Customers data security and privacy risk? AI pr esen ts for the v alue and tr ansform a tion w e can deliv er t og e ther . • What are the business case and business outcomes to focus on 昀椀rst? AI and da ta ar e the founda tions o f our ne x t ne w er a o f gr o wth t og e ther . Only b y w orking with y ou can w e • What steps do we need to take to achieve data addr ess the four gaps / questions m y t eam and I hear readiness for AI, across both structured and fr om CEOs e v er y da y: unstructured data in a trusted, secure way? • How do we achieve organizational readiness and change management?
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DOING GOOD THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 Eight nonpro昀椀ts dedicated to making Achieve Tahoe was founded in a formalized program that helped snow sports more accessible. Achieve 1967 by Jim Winthers, a World War more people. II veteran and director of the Soda Tahoe Today, Achieve Tahoe provides year- Springs Ski School. Jim brought round outdoor recreation activities together a group of Vietnam for people with cognitive, sensory, veterans with disabilities and taught and physical disabilities. They them how to ski. At the time, focus on health, con昀椀dence, and adaptive sports equipment didn’t independence for an experience exist, so they had to adapt their that carries over into the rest of own equipment. The experience participants’ lives. was so positive that Jim felt the Shredding community could bene昀椀t from Adaptive The Adaptive Sports Foundation skiing programs with adaptive Sports (ASF) is a nonpro昀椀t organization in equipment and certi昀椀ed instructors. Windham, NY, that provides adaptive In addition to hosting events, they Foundation sports instruction and equipment have inspiring success stories, such to people with disabilities. Their as that of Evan Strong, a former mission is to help individuals attendee who earned a gold medal enjoy winter sports and gain in snowboarding at the 2014 Barriers independence. ASF o昀昀ers skiing, Paralympic Games. snowboarding, and cross-country With snow season upon us in the northern hemisphere, many of us Emily Coombs founded the Doug a chance to play, try new things, and Coombs Coombs Foundation in 2012 to are getting outside and hitting the slopes. But winter sports like skiing get comfortable in the outdoors. provide all Jackson Hole youth with and snowboarding aren’t easily accessible to everyone. They involve Outdoors For older children, programs o昀昀er the chance to ski and participate in an escape from problems at school other outdoor activities that their a lot of gear, pricey passes, transportation, and often lodging. There are or home, time away from screens, peers enjoy, regardless of their and opportunities to develop new also physical barriers for many when adaptive equipment, specialized family’s circumstances. For the skills and even work an internship in youngest participants, programs are training, and properly trained instructors aren’t available. Luckily, there the outdoor industry. are lots of fabulous nonpro昀椀ts out there on a mission to make mountains accessible to all, regardless of their ability or socioeconomic status. Here are just a few. 10
DOING GOOD THIS MONTH THE EXCHANGE Winter 2024 EDGE Outdoors is a Black woman- SOS Outreach helps underserved instruction, as well as summer EDGE slopes, and compete professionally SOS founded and led organization that’s youth develop life skills through adventure programs. They also in skiing and snowboarding. Their Outdoors working to close the gap between programming and scholarships outdoor adventure programs. provide mentorship and leadership Outreach Black, Indigenous, women of Their mission is to inspire positive training. are designed to make up for past color (cis, trans, queer), and snow change in young people and help discriminatory practices at the local, SOS Outreach has helped sports. The organization’s goal them develop life skills through state, and federal levels that were thousands of underserved youth is to increase participation of outdoor activities. intentionally designed to exclude develop con昀椀dence, leadership BIWOC in snowsports and provide Black, Indigenous, and other people The organization o昀昀ers a variety of skills, and a love of the outdoors. opportunities for women of color of color from mountain spaces. programs for underserved youth, to recreate, become leaders on the including snowboarding and skiing Share The High Fives Foundation helps Share Winter is a grant-making grant funding for rehabilitation programs, and coaching programs. people who have su昀昀ered life- and equipment. They also host High Fives organization that helps break down Winter Share Winter also provides DEI changing injuries while participating several events throughout the Foundation barriers so more youth can get on training programs to their grantees in winter sports. They provide Foundation the snow. It support 24 di昀昀erent year, including ski and snowboard to help promote a more inclusive resources, support, and education organizations in the U.S., including camps. The organization was ski community nationwide. to help these individuals recover, nonpro昀椀t ski resorts, youth founded by Roy Tuscany, who rehabilitate, and return to the su昀昀ered a life-changing spinal activities they love. High Fives o昀昀ers cord injury while skiing. Tuscany a variety of programs, including continues to ski today with the help injury prevention education, of adaptive equipment. adaptive sports instruction, and In 2009, Hoods to Woods was founded Hoods to snowboarding. The organization on the belief that everyone deserves provides free programming, access to the great outdoors. Woods equipment, and mentorship to Co-Founders Brian Paupaw and communities in the New York City Omar Diaz grew up in underserved tri-state area to help create more communities and set out to share diversity in winter sports. Shredding their passion for the outdoors with inner city youth through Barriers 11
SALESFORCE BEN THE EXCHANGE Looking Forward Winter 2024 on since its founding in 1999. This is why in June But of course, with any new technology that is 2023 at its AI Day event, Salesforce announced set to transform the world of work as we know it (and bringing a pretty hefty $15.7 trillion boost to the Einstein Trust Layer, which acts as a protective barrier against large language models and the data the global economy), we have many challenges to in your Salesforce org. work through. One of the immediate challenges that arose was how schools, colleges, and other educational institutions would allow their students to use these tools (if at all). This is a far cry from my And how can we be days at school, when a quick copy-and-paste from Wikipedia into my homework was revolutionary. sure they won’t use How will we allow our our proprietary data to employees to use train their models? these tools? Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI, and her team have seen into the future and have But for the technology industry , the word created a tool that will be imperative on everyone’s mind has been “trust.” for all projects that involve AI and How will we allow our employees customer/proprietary data. Trust and AI to use these tools? Can we trust Trust and AI the output of these large language models? And how can we be sure they In a nutshell, the Einstein Trust Layer won’t use our proprietary data to train will ensure that no private data enters their models? these large language models, and therefore, can’t be trained on your data, unlike the situation the New York Times finds Salesforce Ben shares his advice. Can we trust the itself in. It will also ensure that the outputs are output of these large ethical with their toxicity detection, flagging toxic content such as hate speech and negative stereotypes. It’s pretty amazing to consider that ChatGPT generation to become more creative — the language models? was only released just over a year ago and impact has been immediate. We’re still very much in the infancy phase of generative AI, and it’s very hard to predict how this has already had a profound impact not In a study by Harvard, respondents reported will evolve in the coming months, let alone the Some of these questions may soon be answered only on the technology industry, but the 12.2% more tasks completed, 25% via a groundbreaking lawsuit that the New York next few years. But the fact that Salesforce has put whole world. I’ m sure many reading this can faster, and 40% higher-quality results. As a trust first is encouraging for Salesforce customers, Times has launched against OpenAI and Microsoft, relate — whether you are a developer using who will no doubt have trust as their number member of the Salesforce ecosystem, you claiming that OpenAI has used millions of its auto-complete tools to help write code one priority when implementing any AI-powered published articles to train GPT-3 and GPT-4, the are at the forefront of this new movement. solutions. faster, or a graphic designer using AI image large language models behind ChatGPT, without any sort of compensation or agreement. Trust is one of Salesforce’s five core values, and has been a north star for every endeavor it embarks 12
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