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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I share insights from new Salesforce research identifying four consumer personas that are shaping the demand for agentic AI.
Highlights
00:04 — Salesforce has published research that identifies four key consumer personas that it says are shaping the demand for agentic AI. Vala Afshar, chief digital evangelist, Salesforce, said: “Businesses would be wise to use these personas as a roadmap to understand what their customers want and align agent development with these real-world consumer needs.”
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01:03 — First, Smarty Pants, with 43%, prioritizing agentic AI for better-informed decision-making. The Minimalist (22%) looks for AI agents that make tasks straightforward. The Life Hacker (16%) is driven by the efficiency gains that AI agents can bring. The Tastemaker (15%) will look to AI agents to seek out personalized experiences and provide taste-specific recommendations.
01:56 — The infrastructure in place for enterprise-grade agentic AI is focused on efficiency gains, but understanding the widespread use cases for consumers is a different beast. There is a lot of talk at the moment about fine-tuning agentic AI strategies, and all the advice points to a less-is-more approach — focusing on specific outcomes rather than an all-out assault.
