Under Trump's push for 'SI' over 'AI,' Salesforce renames agent platform AIForce to SIForce; executive order changes federal terms (report)

Verified (fact)

According to AI Times, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff posted on X on the 9th (local time) that the AI agent platform AIForce would be renamed SIForce, saying "the age of superintelligence has arrived." The same report said an executive order has been issued to change official federal government terminology, and that other big tech executives, including Elon Musk, have started using the new term. Whereas the earlier reported "Trump demand for the SI name" had only surfaced via a column, it has now led to an executive order and an actual corporate product rename.

Needs fact-check (claim)

Benioff: "The age of superintelligence has arrived. AIForce is officially becoming SIForce."

Why it matters (interpretation)

Government pressure over terminology has led to the renaming of a major enterprise SaaS product. It shows the political environment directly shaping product names and public messaging at AI companies that do business with the US government.

Sources

• Press "AI 대신 SI 써라"...트럼프 압박에 실리콘밸리 굴복 AI Times (Korea)

Story thread

1. 2026-10-10 Trump says those who don't call AI 'SI (superintelligence)' are 'the enemy' as White House-led renaming spreads (column)
2. 2026-10-12 Under Trump's push for 'SI' over 'AI,' Salesforce renames agent platform AIForce to SIForce; executive order changes federal terms (report)