- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Abruptly Ditched ChatGPT for Google Gemini 3
- He made the switch after testing the Gemini 3 for just two hours.
- Benioff hailed Gemini 3’s speed, reasoning and multimodal capabilities as a breakthrough
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has fallen head over heels in love with Gemini 3 and publicly abandoned ChatGPT in the process. His announcement left much of the AI world stunned. After just two hours of playing with Gemini 3, a major enterprise software leader rejected the most popular AI chatbot in favor of its rapidly rising rival.
Holy shit. I have used ChatGPT every day for 3 years. I just spent 2 hours at Gemini 3. I’m not going back. The jump is crazy: reasoning, speed, images, video… everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world has just changed, again. ❤️ 🤖 https://t.co/HruXhc16MqNovember 23, 2025
The post was not subtle. He was not surrounded by polite comparisons or neutral optimism. One of Silicon Valley’s most visible business figures not only moved from OpenAI to Google, but also set out to tell the world.
Gemini 3 has attracted much other praise for combining the latest advances from Google DeepMind into a single unified architecture. Gemini 3 supports text, images, code, audio and video in a single interface. Gemini 3 is well positioned to take ChatGPT’s crown as an AI chatbot in many ways.
Although ChatGPT’s ubiquity made it seem inevitable, Benioff’s post suggests that inevitability has an expiration date. Within hours, one of their most prominent evangelists defected. That says more about the pace of AI evolution than any leaderboard or benchmark.
AI rivalry intensifies
Benioff isn’t just a casual early adopter. Salesforce has deeply integrated AI into its products and business strategy. It was one of the first business giants to partner with OpenAI to create productivity tools integrated into customer relationship software. When Benioff makes a personal leap like this, he carries with him the weight of corporate alignment. And if Gemini 3 is now the default model, the software around it may follow suit.
The Gemini 3’s strengths seem to match what high-frequency users like Benioff are looking for in terms of speed, reasoning, and flexibility. Google has made it clear that Gemini 3 was built to serve as a flexible engine for both consumers and developers, capable of powering everything from helpdesk robots to video editing suggestions. That breadth may be what tipped the scales for Benioff, whose day will likely involve switching between data sets, dashboards and vision platforms at the breakneck speed of Silicon Valley.
It’s a good reminder that the AI landscape is becoming more competitive. There is a growing chorus of contenders fighting to make you your AI assistant. For people who casually sign up for ChatGPT from time to time, nothing has to change overnight. But Benioff’s public conversion offers a glimpse into how quickly even the most ingrained preferences can give way to the promise of more precise tools.
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