
Salesforce (CRM) stock has gained 56% in three months, against 5.0% for the S&P 500. Buyers are betting that AI will lift Salesforce rather than undercut its seat-based model. For that gain to hold, two things must both be true. Salesforce's own AI must earn real money, and its new AI pitch must speed up growth. The first depends on an idea management no longer leads with. The second rests on what replaced it. So what idea did Salesforce management once stress on its calls.

























