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TDX 2026 Roundup: Agentforce Edition

Salesforce just unlocked open-source agent building. Here's what that means for your stack.

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Why it matters

Salesforce is expanding Agentforce with open-source capabilities and full lifecycle tooling, lowering barriers to entry for enterprise agent adoption and potentially reshaping how companies build on top of its platform.

The key facts

9 to know
  1. Salesforce Agentforce adds open-source components

  2. Faster access to agent-building tools announced

  3. Full lifecycle agent development support introduced

  4. Published at TDX 2026 (Salesforce's developer conference)

  5. Agentforce now supports open-source models

  6. Full agent lifecycle tooling introduced

  7. Faster access to agent-building capabilities

  8. Announced at Dreamforce TDX 2026

  9. Enterprise agent platform expansion

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Publisher excerpt: Open source, faster access, and a full lifecycle for building agents with Agentforce.
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