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| That is why it's very, very exciting |
| We feel good about the progress we've seen |
| And then we will deliver this capability and then we will light up and give you these great success stories |
| And I'm excited that we are |
| Look, as you can see from these numbers, we've had just an incredible quarter, well, actually we've just had an incredible year here at Salesforce with strong performance across all of our key metrics, revenue, margin, EPS, cash flow and of course our CRPO |
| So we're excited about the future there as well is leveraging our own technology to drive those efficiencies |
| For Amy and Brian, the gross margin and sales efficiency metrics are quite strong this quarter |
| For us, in a lot of ways, very good |
| And so while we've seen great progress and there's a lot of promise for it in terms of this year's revenue guide, not a huge factor in our growth numbers this year, you will see it start to show up in year two and three as we roll through the renewals, the uplift, etc., and some of the incremental pricing changes that we're going to do |
| UE plus is a good example of what we're seeing, good acceleration |
| Not just our next generation artificial intelligence, not just -- that was not just our prompt builder, not just our copilot, but this data cloud which I'm going to get to in a second are fastest, most exciting new product ever, fastest growing, most customer traction that I have ever seen |
| It is the execution from our team and we've really seen this over the past two quarters and that's really led to improved bookings growth |
| They're continuing to flow through and really benefiting the business |
| And that's why we're seeing such great performance on our Data Cloud products |
| We've completely transformed this company together and we're very grateful to each and every one of you |
| And that transformation, well, it has driven incredible results |
| We're seeing our customers with tremendous desire to take advantage of AI capabilities to drive the efficiencies in their business, to drive higher margins and productivity |
| You're going to be looking at these full year numbers with phenomenal cash flow, with incredible margin growth, well, margin growth that I've never seen in any software company over the last 12 months -- 18 months |
| Super impressive |
| And I think we've seen that over the last couple of quarters in particular, that we are just executing much better in this |
| We've certainly seen that with the exceptional performance of our equity over the last few months |
| The green shoots around Data Cloud, around Mulesoft, regional performance that we've seen have been really outstanding in Canada and LatAm and Spain |
| A lot of you've heard my Gucci story, there's so many stories, there's going to be so many more stories where these tools all of a sudden will really start to deliver much more productivity, better customer relationships and higher margins |
| I'm very proud of the progress we have made throughout the company |
| We are enhancing our capital return strategy reflective of the confidence we have in the future of our business and our ability to drive long term cash flow |
| And I'm incredibly excited to announce our first ever dividend |
| As a result of our focus on profitable growth and continued transformation, we are seeing a market improvement in our cash flow outcomes |
| As a result, for the fiscal year '25, I am pleased that our GAAP operating margin guidance for the first time is expected to surpass 20% at 20.4%, representing a 600 basis point improvement year-over-year |
| And as you heard from Marc, we're incredibly well-positioned to build on our success and bring our customers into this new AI era |
| Over the past two quarters, I'm happy to say that we've seen improved bookings growth |
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| I think the big issue, and it's really been felt across the entire professional services industry, a bit of headwinds on customers willingness to do massive transformation |
| We also expect our professional services business to remain under pressure in FY25 and expect it will be a headwind to revenue |
| And there's a danger though, for companies, for enterprises, for our customers, that these are not trusted solutions |
| As you mentioned, going back to really beginning of July in fiscal year '23, where we suddenly saw this measured buying environment, the elongated sales cycles, the additional approvals, the compressed deals |
| Our expectations incorporate a $100 million FX headwind year-over-year or a 30 basis points impact |
| Just curious, when will that be a needle mover for revenues? How much of that uplift are you baking into the guide this year? And then also on the pro services side, typically not a focus area for anybody on this call, but down 9% in the quarter was obviously an inflection down |
| So the tough compares on large deals, smaller transactions |
| That is why we have to execute like hell this year |
| That said, as we've talked about, our top line expectations do include the lagging impact from the measured buying environment that began a couple of years ago |
| They were being held liable for a digital employee |
| And everyone has been wowed by what these AIs can do incredible things and a lot of party tricks, a lot of magical things |
| And over the last few years, what I've really seen is not so much a shift in the buying behavior, but a shift in our ability to execute in it |
| It's what our engineering and product teams have done in the last 12 months is nothing short of amazing |
| The court of law said that that AI chatbot, that made up that incredible new policy for that company, well, that company was going to be held responsible, liable for that policy, that they were going to be held liable for the work of that chatbot, just as they would for a human employee |
| But I assure you, without the deep integration of the data and the metadata across the entire platform, with the Copilot's deep integration of that data, they cannot do it |
| Should any of these risks materialize or should our assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual company results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements |
| Brent Thill Marc, last quarter you had said that you're starting to see some green shoots, and we're not ready to say you completely turned the corner |
| In terms of materiality in the short term, you're not going to really see it show up |
| That's why those AI companies stole all that consumer data, so they could have some semblance of those party tricks |
| But that would be if we were not in the greatest transformation of our industry with artificial intelligence, where we so badly need this data |
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