Salesforce Unveils Agentforce Vibes; Bringing “Vibe-Coding” to the Enterprise
PLUS: Former Atlassian-Acquired Engineering Executive Building Something New
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Salesforce Unveils Agentforce Vibes; Bringing “Vibe-Coding” to the Enterprise
Salesforce has introduced Agentforce Vibes, positioning it as the next step in AI-assisted software development for enterprises. The product combines conversational “vibe-coding” — where developers describe an application in natural language — with Salesforce’s DevOps and governance stack to deliver production-grade code.
At the center is Vibe Codey, an AI “pair-programmer” agent that understands an organization’s Salesforce schema, can generate Apex, JavaScript, and Lightning components, write and run test cases, fix bugs, and push deployments — all from a simple prompt. Unlike most generative-coding tools that focus on snippets or prototypes, Vibes is designed to fit into regulated enterprise workflows with built-in security, auditability, and sandbox isolation.
For CIOs and engineering leads, the promise is faster delivery of internal apps and automation without compromising compliance. By embedding vibe-coding into Salesforce’s DevOps Center, Code Analyzer, and VS-Code-compatible tooling, the company is aiming to reduce the hand-off friction between business users, admins, and professional developers — a long-standing pain point in enterprise app development.
Strategically, Vibes signals Salesforce’s push to deepen platform lock-in: every new app built conversationally on Vibes further commits organizations to its ecosystem of data, identity, and workflow services. It also highlights a broader industry shift away from code-generation “toys” toward AI-native development environments that can handle production-level governance and multi-team collaboration.
Geeks of the Week
Startup Name: Bono
Geography: US
One-liner: Bono answers calls 24/7, books appointments, and handles customer inquiries for any trade business while you focus on delivering quality service.
Founder(s) Background: Founding engineer at Spotnana (Series B), Senior Member of Technical Staff at Cohesity (Series H).
Thoughts:
Reimagining Task Execution Through Voice-First Agents
Bono is betting on a voice-first interface as the most natural way for teams to interact with software, shifting from clicks and forms to spoken commands. By combining real-time speech recognition with generative-AI agents that can retrieve information, trigger workflows, and respond conversationally, Bono reduces friction for frontline and mobile-heavy roles. Its promise lies in speeding up repetitive tasks-like logging CRM notes, pulling reports, or escalating service tickets—without forcing users to leave their primary work context.
Startup Name: Faction
Geography: US
One-liner: Faction is the AI partner to leading distributors and manufacturers, embedding AI across every step from quote to cash.
Founder(s) Background: Investor at QuantumLight ($300m venture fund founded by Nik Storonsky), Quant Developer at Castleton Commodities International.
Thoughts:
Automating the Unseen Bottlenecks in Industrial Ops
Faction focuses on the unsexy but high-friction tasks that clog up distributors’ and manufacturers’ daily workflows-like quoting, order entry, vendor follow-ups, and collections. By embedding AI agents directly into email, calls, and ERP systems, it removes repetitive manual steps that typically slow down sales and operations teams. The platform’s voice-driven automation and back-office integrations aim to shrink cycle times from request to fulfillment, free up staff for higher-value tasks, and unlock cash tied up in delayed collections - making it a practical AI layer for businesses that rely on legacy systems.
Startup Name: Digger
Geography: US
One-liner: Digger is an open source CI for Terraform.
Founder(s) Background: CTO at Tictrac (acquired by Dialogue), Senior Software Engineer at Fitbit.
Thoughts:
Bringing Infrastructure-as-Code Into the Developer Flow
Digger positions itself as a CI-native orchestration layer for Terraform and OpenTofu, letting teams run plan/apply jobs within their existing CI pipelines rather than using separate infrastructure tooling. This minimizes context switching, avoids spinning up a separate CI for infra, and keeps secrets and state within trusted environments.
Founder(s) building in stealth
Deals of the Week
Supabase raises $100M at $5B valuation
The open-source backend platform closed a $100 million Series E, helping it scale infrastructure tools for AI-native applications.DualEntry raises $90M Series A
AI-powered ERP startup DualEntry secured $90 million to modernize legacy financial systems with intelligent automation.Heidi Health closes $65M Series B
Healthcare AI company Heidi Health raised $65 million to expand its medical scribe and documentation solutions globally.Temporal hits $2.5B valuation with $105M secondary
Developer tools firm Temporal completed a $105 million secondary round, pushing its valuation to $2.5 billion and signaling strong institutional confidence.
Notable Mergers and Acquisitions
Perplexity acquires Visual Electric
Perplexity has acquired the team behind Visual Electric, an AI design startup. The product will be shuttered within 90 days and the team will become part of Perplexity’s in-house “Agent Experiences” group.OpenAI acquires Roi (AI personal finance)
OpenAI acquired Roi, an AI-powered personal-finance app, in an acqui-hire move. Roi’s CEO joins OpenAI as it looks to integrate personalized financial-insight features into its consumer AI offerings.Ross Video acquires ioversal (Vertex platform)
Ross Video acquired ioversal, the company behind the Vertex immersive-experiences platform, expanding Ross’s capabilities in live and experiential production technology.Ramp acquires Jolt AI
Expense-management fintech Ramp acquired the team behind Jolt AI to improve its internal AI-driven engineering and productivity tools.
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