India, Feb. 10 -- Salesforce cut fewer than 1,000 roles at the beginning of this month, Business Insider reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The affected roles included marketing, product management, data analytics and Agentforce AI product, Business Insider said, citing LinkedIn posts and conversations with two employees.

HT.com has not independently verified the report.

The start of the year has seen massive layoffs across U.S. companies as they streamline operations amid rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools.

Tech giant Amazon said in January it was reducing 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three months.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff had said in a pod...