Informatica isn’t a household name, but it plays a crucial role in helping companies like Toyota and Unilever manage and organize vast amounts of data. As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, that data is like a gold mine. Customer relationship software company Salesforce <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/salesforce-nears-8-billion-deal-for-informatica-407dc27c?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAj7_Rmlf73S6voQOE4e920kUNtG5OVxozkS4nTlpEwRrzqKqWTfq1mcmbJQvfg%3D&gaa_ts=68814b35&gaa_sig=BCtPLIhp94RPtfsFcujCPb6CVbv7TQYiK8VSPDOS33kJvxnCfGXaDKrXPowG_yu_OEvDXhb4IdEPleu128e0-g%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">recently struck a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire Informatica.</a> On the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast, Informatica CEO Amit Walia speaks to WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims">Christopher Mims</a> and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins">Tim Higgins</a> about why his company is worth $8 billion to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/salesforce-deal-buys-it-some-time-in-ai-race-725790b5?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAggvjLonYogj06_TeLR6L-tNpk_pFpUMTj5XH44OwvxM44-Xr8zZyuEohWALqw%3D&gaa_ts=68824c53&gaa_sig=cc5ypLj9yv07R755wLeddreW9w2x_jWzfKU54XwFzK6aHgm2x19n_esA6gZFb1Oznwd765ggtWGhjrd0iPNmlw%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">Salesforce’s AI ambitions</a>.
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