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Why Salesforce Needed Contentful

Why Salesforce Needed Contentful

Adapt or Die: AI's Real Impact on Ecommerce Development

Brent Peterson
June 25, 2026

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This Week's Featured Article: Why Salesforce Needed Contentful

By Brent W Peterson

The Fortress Learns to Build Like a Skyscraper

In ACG #46 I called Salesforce a stone fortress and VTEX a modular skyscraper. The fortress just started adding composable floors.

At TDX 2026, Salesforce turned its entire platform into APIs with Headless 360. CRM, Agentforce, Data Cloud, and Slack, all callable without a browser. Then it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Contentful, giving agents real content to assemble.

This isn't just an API door on a monolith. It's a decisive pivot: exposing the platform for agents to run, then buying the content layer to give them something to work with. Salesforce is building commerce for agents to operate.

Two fights break out. One over the content layer (hitting Adobe hardest), the other over ease (Shopify's ground). The real question: can Salesforce make headless feel as easy as the monolith it's leaving behind?

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Adapt or Die: AI's Real Impact on Ecommerce Development with Paul Byrne

AI can write your content, build your code, and answer your customers.

But can it do any of that well enough without human oversight?

Paul Byrne, President of Razoyo and author of "Adapt or Die: The Real AI Playbook," joins Talk Commerce to break down what AI can and can't do for businesses right now.

He explains why the hidden cost of AI dependency is a risk most business leaders aren't considering yet.

Paul also challenges bold predictions about AI replacing software engineers and ecommerce websites disappearing. The reality, he argues, is far more nuanced than the hype suggests.

His advice is straightforward. Adopt strategically. Build flexibility. Keep humans in the loop.

Africa's Investment Future Depends on Its Diaspora with Kanessa Muluneh

Coming up next!

Get ready for eTail Boston

August 10-12

Kanessa Muluneh knows what it takes to invest across Africa as a diaspora entrepreneur. She started by trading her marketing and PR skills for equity in a small business on the continent. That single move launched an investment career spanning Kenya, South Africa, and West Africa.

Today she runs Nyle Investment Group, a pan-African investment firm built specifically for the diaspora. Her mission is to help Africans abroad shift from sending remittances to building real ownership across the continent.

Kanessa breaks down the risks, rewards, and cultural realities of emerging market investment. She also discusses Rise of Fearless, her African-inspired battle royale game now attracting AAA development talent from the US.

Her biggest insight? Sourcing resources from Africa and selling into Asia represents one of the largest opportunities most investors are still overlooking.

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