Jensen Huang Joins Benioff at Dreamforce as Salesforce Unveils CRM Reasoning Model Koa

On Sept 16, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang appeared at Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference for an on-stage conversation with CEO Marc Benioff, alongside a released video of the two taking a walk and talking. Salesforce's first CRM reasoning model, Koa, was unveiled for the Agentforce platform. A conversation released the next day also featured Siemens CEO Roland Busch.

Confirmed

NVIDIA's official account reshared the Dreamforce livestream of the Huang–Benioff conversation (@nvidia).
A core announcement was Koa, Salesforce's first CRM reasoning model, targeted at the Agentforce agent platform (@nvidia).
NVIDIA shared the walk-and-talk content covering open models, safety innovation, and the "agentic enterprise" (@nvidia).
On Sept 17, @rohanpaulai noted a three-way talk with Benioff and Siemens CEO Roland Busch where Huang made the "Big is not necessary" remark; the full video is on Salesforce's channels.
Viral clips show Benioff jokingly "teaching" Huang to walk and talk on stage, with Huang quipping back; earlier Huang said "Just follow me" and Benioff replied "We're all following you, bro" (@TheTuringPost, @kimmonismus, @thealexbanks).

Why it matters

The rare high-profile joint appearance signals deepening cooperation between NVIDIA and Salesforce around the agentic enterprise, with Koa plus Agentforce a key move in CRM reasoning models.
The three-way talk with Siemens extends the topics to manufacturing and broader industrial scenarios, and "Big is not necessary" drew notable attention.
The playful, even awkward interactions added viral appeal: @arieljalari joked the walk video was more cringe than Ballmer's "developer" chant.

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Jensen Huang joins Benioff at Dreamforce as Salesforce debuts Koa CRM model built on NVIDIA Nemotron — nvidia · 2026-09-16 04:50 (UTC+08:00)
Jensen Huang and Benioff Talk Open Models and the Agentic Enterprise — nvidia · 2026-09-16 06:26 (UTC+08:00)
Jensen Huang tells Benioff and Siemens CEO 'Big is not necessary' — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-17 08:04 (UTC+08:00)

Jensen Huang Tells Marc Benioff 'Just Follow Me' in Viral Stage Banter — thealexbanks · 2026-09-16
Benioff coaches Jensen Huang on walking and talking at Dreamforce, drawing laughs — TheTuringPost · 2026-09-16
Benioff and Jensen Huang trade jokes on stage at Dreamforce — TheTuringPost · 2026-09-16
Jensen Huang says 'Just follow me,' Salesforce's Benioff replies 'We're all following you, bro' — kimmonismus · 2026-09-16
[source] Jensen Huang joins Benioff at Dreamforce as Salesforce debuts Koa CRM model built on NVIDIA Nemotron — nvidia · 2026-09-16
[source] Jensen Huang and Benioff Talk Open Models and the Agentic Enterprise — nvidia · 2026-09-16
Jensen Huang strolls with Benioff at Salesforce, users call it the new awkward CEO meme — arieljalali · 2026-09-16
[source] Jensen Huang tells Benioff and Siemens CEO 'Big is not necessary' — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-17