Clara Shih Salesforce: Big news from Salesforce AI: Clara Shih has stepped down after just 20 months as CEO. While there hasn’t been an official statement, sources confirm that Adam Evans, previously senior VP of product, is stepping into her role as executive vice president and general manager of Salesforce AI. Evans updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect the change.
Shih, who led Salesforce’s AI division since March 2023, announced on LinkedIn that she’s moving on to set up a new Business AI group at Meta. Before Salesforce, Shih was the CEO of AI company Hearsay Systems, and has worked at Microsoft, Google, and earlier, Salesforce. She also launched Agentforce, a platform for building autonomous AI bots for the company.
Meanwhile, Adam Evans, who co-founded SalesforceIQ in 2015, has been with Salesforce since 2018 and was a key player in the company’s AI initiatives.
This leadership shakeup comes at a time when the AI space is heating up, with Microsoft also losing its VP of AI, Luis Vargas, who’s leaving after 16 years to start a new AI venture.
