Buybacks will accelerate when the stock lags long-term value

“"This nonsense of this SaaSpocalypse, I think it is time for it to stop," CEO Marc Benioff said during Salesforce's earnings call.”

“"We've been hearing about this for the last two quarters, these dire predictions about the end of software and how the [AI] models eat everything, but none of them have come true for us,"…”

“"AI is delivering value across every layer of our platform," Benioff said. "We're seeing incredible demand for our AI and data products, with ARR [annual recurring revenue] about to cross…”

“There has never been a trillion-dollar revenue business, and we may have two of them in the next 5-10 years.”

“has emerged as a significant business with a revenue run rate in the tens of billions of dollars and is now profitable in its own right”

“We’re going to invest to continue being the leader. We can fund this plan, and I think it will forever change the size of Amazon. It will forever change our revenue.”