Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents
"Every minute a VA employee spends navigating disconnected systems is a minute not spent serving a Veteran," said Kendall Collins, CEO of Salesforce's defense and government unit. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); "Salesforce gives VA a trusted foundation to connect its people, data, and workflows across the department. It offers a flat, seat-based arrangement the company claims is popular among customers.Earlier this year, Gartner cautioned that it expects the agreements will be converted into defined quantity contracts toward their end, when unchecked usage may become costly.
- ▪"Every minute a VA employee spends navigating disconnected systems is a minute not spent serving a Veteran," said Kendall Collins, CEO of Salesforce's defense and government unit.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); "Salesforce gives VA a trusted foundation to connect its people, data, and workflows across the department.
- ▪It offers a flat, seat-based arrangement the company claims is popular among customers.Earlier this year, Gartner cautioned that it expects the agreements will be converted into defined quantity contracts toward their end, when unchecked us
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); ai and ml Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents Makes agreement under nose of Oracle, which gets its own $7 billion defense deal Lindsay Clark Lindsay Clark BUSINESS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE REPORTER Published fri 24 Jul 2026 // 14:58 UTC The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Salesforce a $1.6 billion, three-year contract to spread AI through the government service.The CRM giant has inked an Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA), which,…
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