The Data Foundation -- Informatica Acquisition and Data 360

Salesforce spent over $10 billion on acquisitions in 2025, with the $8 billion Informatica deal being the crown jewel. This module explains how Salesforce is building a unified data foundation -- Data 360, MuleSoft, Informatica, and zero-copy integrations with Snowflake and Databricks -- to power its AI agent strategy. Candidates who understand this data strategy can speak credibly about why data quality is the real bottleneck for enterprise AI.