- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has abruptly dropped ChatGPT for Google Gemini 3
- He switched after testing Gemini 3 for just two hours
- Benioff praised Gemini 3’s speed, reasoning and multimodal capabilities as a great leap forward
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has fallen head over heels for Gemini 3, publicly dumping ChatGPT in the process. His announcement sent much of the AI world reeling. After just two hours of playing with Gemini 3, a leading enterprise software executive ditched the most popular AI chatbot in favor of its fast-rising rival.
Holy shit. I have been using ChatGPT every day for 3 years. Just spent 2 hours on Gemini 3. I’m not going back. The jump is insane – reasoning, speed, images, video… everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world just changed again. ❤️ 🤖 https://t.co/HruXhc16Mq23 November 2025
The post was not subtle. It was not covered by polite comparisons or neutral optimism. Not only has one of the most visible corporate figures in Silicon Valley crossed over from OpenAI to Google, but he’s also made a point of telling the world.
Gemini 3 has attracted plenty of other accolades for its blending of Google DeepMind’s latest advances into a single unified architecture. Gemini 3 supports text, images, code, audio and video in one interface. Gemini 3 is well positioned to take ChatGPT’s crown for go-to AI chatbot in many ways.
Although ChatGPT’s ubiquity made it feel inevitable, Benioff’s post suggests that inevitability has an expiration date. Within hours, one of its most prominent evangelists defected. It says more about the pace of AI development than any leaderboard or benchmark can.
AI rivalry is on the rise
Benioff is not just a casual early adopter. Salesforce has deeply integrated artificial intelligence into its products and business strategy. It was among the first enterprise giants to partner with OpenAI for productivity tools embedded in customer relationship software. When Benioff takes a personal leap like this, it carries the weight of corporate alignment. And if the Gemini 3 is now his default model, the software stacks around him 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 been clear that Gemini 3 was built to serve as a flexible engine for both consumers and developers, capable of powering everything from help desk bots to video editing suggestions. That breadth may be what tipped the scale for Benioff, whose day likely involves switching between datasets, dashboards and vision decks at Silicon Valley warp speed.
It’s a good reminder that the AI landscape is getting more competitive. There is a growing chorus of candidates vying to become your AI assistant. For people who casually check in with ChatGPT every now and then, nothing should change overnight. But Benioff’s public conversion offers a glimpse into how quickly even entrenched preferences can give way to the promise of sharper tools.
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