Dreamforce 2026 features separate AI sessions with OpenAI and Anthropic leaders

Two of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence will appear at the same conference this month, just not in the same room. Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce’s flagship event running September 15 through 17 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, will feature separate appearances by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The event is expected to draw more than 43,000 attendees. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is positioning the conference around themes of AI governance, safety, and the practical deployment of AI agents in business. What’s actually happening on stage Altman will sit down with Benioff for a conversation billed around “advancing the AI frontier” and the commercial applications of artificial intelligence. Amodei, meanwhile, will use his time to discuss the Claudeforce partnership, a collaboration that weaves Anthropic’s Claude models directly into Salesforce tools like Agentforce. Salesforce has partnerships with both OpenAI and Anthropic, but the Claudeforce branding and Amodei’s prominent speaking slot suggest the company’s ties with Anthropic run deeper at the moment. For Salesforce customers, this means Claude-powered AI agents handling tasks like cust...