8 AI Stocks Sending Shockwaves on Wall Street Following DeepSeek Scare

2. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 116

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is a customer relationship management heavyweight that has been investing heavily in artificial intelligence as it looks to strengthen its growth metrics. On February 3rd, Bloomberg reported that the company is in the process of cutting 1,000 roles as part of a reorganization that seeks to enhance focus on artificial intelligence ambitions.

Amid the proposed cuts, Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) also plans to hire thousands of sales personnel and assign them the responsibility of selling its AI agent products. The hiring spree comes on Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff confirming that Salesforce has closed more than 1,000 paid deals for its AI-powered platform Agentforce. Salesforce has actively promoted the technology and has hailed its AI agents as the next big sales driver in the upcoming quarters.