New Delhi, April 28 -- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has posted on social media platform X that his firm will be hiring 1,000 new graduates and interns "to ride the AI exponential." His post comes at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) has challenged the economics of software firms and software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, like Salesforce, across the globe.

In his post on X, Benioff wrote, "You are right they said AI would kill entry-level jobs. Meanwhile these grads & interns are building it - powering Agentforce & Headless360 at Salesforce. New grads: Drop your resume to @salesforcejobs or futureforce@salesforce.com."

His post was in response to that of Trump administration AI expert David Sacks, who had written, "Narrative viola...