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Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Braze

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Braze, a New York-based customer engagement platform, for approximately $5.66 billion. Braze shareholders will receive $47.50 in cash per Class A share. The acquisition aims to enhance Salesforce's AI-powered marketing capabilities by integrating Braze's real-time customer engagement technology with Marketing Cloud, Data 360, Customer 360, and Agentforce. Braze processes real-time customer data from mobile apps, websites, and other digital channels, enabling personalized communications via email, SMS, WhatsApp, and mobile apps. The platform handles trillions of messages annually and includes BrazeAI for optimizing content, offers, channels, and send times. The deal, expected to close in Salesforce's fiscal year 2028, is part of Salesforce's recent buying spree, including Qualified Inc., Contentful, and Intercom. Braze, co-founded by Bill Magnuson and Jon Hyman, serves about 2,770 enterprise customers, including Canva, Dairy Queen, Equinox, Instacart, Urban Outfitters, and Venmo. Salesforce intends to maintain Braze as a separate brand and continue existing customer and partner relationships.

• Salesforce signs definitive agreement to acquire Braze for approximately $5.66 billion.
• Braze shareholders will receive $47.50 in cash per Class A share.
• Acquisition expected to close in Salesforce's fiscal year 2028.

Salesforce announces $5.66B deal for Braze, stock soars 50%

Salesforce has announced a definitive agreement to acquire customer engagement platform Braze for approximately $5.7 billion in cash, translating to $47.50 per share, a roughly 58% premium over Braze's last closing price of $30.04. The deal, expected to close in fiscal 2028, is a strategic move to accelerate the time between customer signals and marketing actions, integrating Braze with Salesforce's Marketing Cloud, Data 360, Customer 360, and Agentforce. Braze, with about 2,770 customers including Canva and Venmo, reported strong growth. The acquisition aims to strengthen Salesforce's AI marketing capabilities, though integration risks remain. Following the announcement, Braze shares surged while Salesforce shares dipped slightly.

• Salesforce agreed to acquire Braze for approximately $5.7 billion in cash at $47.50 per share.
• The deal price is a 58% premium over Braze's closing price of $30.04 on Monday.
• The transaction is expected to close in fiscal 2028, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Made for this: How Braze is providing new ways to build, support, and extend your campaigns

New blog posts include product announcements from Forge 2026, Torchie Awards winners, and a spotlight on BrazeAI Decisioning Studio™ Go.

Snowflake, CDP and the experience layer: a conversation between Zeotap and Glassjaw

New blog post published on Sep 24, 2026 featuring a conversation between Zeotap and Glassjaw about Snowflake, CDP, and the experience layer. The previous featured post about the Open CDP launch has been moved down in the blog listing.

Zeotap launches Open CDP on open-source compute

Zeotap announced Open CDP, a deployment of its composable Customer Data Platform (CDP) that runs entirely on open-source compute (Apache Spark) over the customer's own lakehouse (Apache Iceberg tables on object storage). This architecture eliminates the need for a proprietary warehouse, ensures data sovereignty and residency compliance, and avoids per-credit compute costs. The platform supports bring-your-own-catalog with integrations including Databricks Unity Catalog, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and open-source Unity Catalog. Deployment can be fully managed by Zeotap or operated by the customer or a partner. Open CDP targets regulated B2C enterprises in telecommunications, retail, and financial services that require high-volume processing and strict data residency.

• Zeotap launched Open CDP, a composable CDP running on Apache Spark and Iceberg tables.
• Open CDP uses the customer's own object storage and catalog, with no proprietary warehouse.
• Supports Databricks Unity Catalog, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and open-source Unity Catalog.