*By Jacqueline Corba*
Salesforce has saved a seat at its executive meetings for Einstein, an artificial intelligence-powered robot developed by the cloud computing company.
"The fact that we are using our own products to really drive our forecasting, it's pretty amazing," said Bob Stutz, CEO of Salesforce's Marketing Cloud. "It is really great to have that tool that you can use every single day to run your business."
Salesforce's chief executive, Marc Benioff, has been an outspoken proponent of the company's use of A.I., and said that Einstein has [been at every weekly senior staff meeting](http://fortune.com/2018/01/25/salesforce-benioff-einstein-davos-ai/) for the last year.
Stutz said Einstein pulls his weight on a team that has grown its quarterly revenue by 41 percent year over year.
"We are on an incredible tear right now," Stutz said in an interview with Cheddar. "It's really helping customers connect with their consumers across sales, marketing, service ー it's a real growth driver for us nowadays."
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/inside-salesforce-marketing-cloud-growth).
CEO Jeff Bezos announced for the first time Wednesday that the e-commerce giant has 100 million paying Prime subscribers.The shareholder letter didn't shed light on whether people are signing up because of the free shipping offer or for original video content, but Michael Simon, Staff Writer for PC World, says it's probably an even split.
Weeks after Spotify's public offering, the music streaming service has already made a crucial acquisition: Loudr, a company that automates royalty payments to music publishers. The deal could help Spotify "take control of this important piece" of its business, says Sun Jen Yung, a partner and the head of digital media at NFluence Partners.
Facebook shares plummeted after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, but internet analyst Mark Mahaney, Managing Director at RBC Capital, said this is just a "PR issue, not a fundamental issue," and now is the perfect time to buy into the social media network.
In light of Facebook's data scandal, other tech companies should give users a cut of the money they made off of their information, says Brittany Kaiser, a former director of business development at data company Cambridge Analytica.
Brittany Kaiser, a former executive at the company that gained access to data on millions of Facebook users, said that the estimate of 87 million people affected is far less than the reality.
FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google) are taking over old-school media companies, growing "at a rate that no one thought was possible," says Lorne Brown, the CEO of the ad tech firm Operative. To keep up, traditional media outlets should consider "comingling" with the newcomers, says Brown.
Since customers now have so much at their fingertips, "we need to weed through everything," says Jenny Fleiss, CEO of Code Eight, a personal shopping start-up owned by Walmart. Fleiss was also the co-founder of fashion-tech company Rent the Runway.
Amazon is betting big on AR/VR and its plans do not include any headsets or devices. PCMag's Rob Marvin joins Cheddar to discuss his exclusive look at the upcoming company's development platform, Sumerian.
The giant e-commerce site has launched Sumerian, an easy-to-use platform that lets users build AR and VR apps, explains Rob Marvin, PCMag Associate Features Editor
Netflix stock is surging after the company reported first-quarter earnings, disclosing that the company added 7.4 million subscribers in the first three months of this year. Netflix now has 125 million subscribers globally. This year, Netflix plans to spend $8 billion on developing original content.
Goldman Sachs reported earnings on Tuesday, soaring past Wall Street estimates. The firm said its quarterly revenue hit $10 billion, an increase of 27%. Goldman's successful first quarter is due in large part to the recent surge in trading and market volatility.
Plus, we talk artificial intelligence with Sam Mantle, managing director of digital enterprise at Luxoft. The company recently announced a partnership with Softbank Robotics America to improve technology in "Pepper" the robot. Mantle digs into how Pepper can be used across industries from travel, to retail, to hospitality, noting that developers are just starting to learn how expansive and beneficial artificial intelligence can be.
