- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suddenly leaves chatgpt in favor of google Gemini 3
- That changed after just two hours of Gemini 3 testing
- Benioff praised Gemini 3’s speed, reasoning and multimodal capabilities as a breakthrough.
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, fell in love with Gemini 3 and publicly stole ChatGPT in the process. His announcement sent much of the artificial intelligence world into a frenzy. After just two hours of playing with Gemini 3, a major enterprise software vendor abandoned its most popular AI chatbot in favor of its growing competitor.
My God. I have been using ChatGPT every day for 3 years. I just spent 2 hours with Gemini 3. I will not be back. The jump is crazy: reasoning, speed, images, videos… everything is clearer and faster. It seems the world has just changed again. https://t.co/HruXhc16MqNovember 23, 2025
The message was not subtle. This statement was based neither on polite comparisons nor on neutral optimism. One of Silicon Valley’s most visible businessmen has not only moved from OpenAI to Google, but is on a mission to share it with the world.
Gemini 3 has received many other awards for combining the latest developments from Google DeepMind into a single, unified architecture. Gemini 3 supports text, images, code, audio and video in a single interface. In many ways, Gemini 3 is well positioned to take ChatGPT’s crown as the most sought-after AI chatbot.
While ChatGPT seems inevitable due to its ubiquity, Benioff’s post suggests that inevitability has an expiration date. Within hours one of the most prominent evangelists deserted. This says more about the pace of AI development than any ranking or benchmark.
The AI rivalry is increasing
Benioff is not an early adopter by accident. Salesforce has deeply integrated AI into its products and business strategy. It was one of the first enterprise giants to partner with OpenAI to create productivity tools integrated into customer relationship software. When Benioff takes such a personal leap, he brings with him the burden of running the company. And if the Gemini 3 is now the standard model, the software around it can follow suit.
The Gemini 3’s strengths seem to meet the expectations of high-frequency users like Benioff in terms of speed, reasoning and flexibility. Google has made it clear that Gemini 3 is designed to be a flexible engine for consumers and developers, capable of powering everything from help desk bots to video editing suggestions. That scale may have been the deciding factor for Benioff, whose day is likely to consist of switching between reams of data, dashboards and visionary presentations at the speed of Silicon Valley.
It’s a good reminder that the AI landscape is becoming increasingly competitive. More and more candidates are competing to become your AI assistant. For people who occasionally sign up for ChatGPT, nothing needs to change from one day to the next. But Benioff’s public conversion offers a glimpse of how quickly even the most deeply held preferences can give way to the promise of more efficient tools.