- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff abruptly ditched ChatGPT for Google Gemini 3
- He made the switch after trying Gemini 3 for just two hours
- Benioff hailed Gemini 3’s speed, reasoning and multimodal capabilities as a big step forward
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff fell head over heels in love with Gemini 3 and publicly abandoned ChatGPT in the process. His announcement left much of the AI world in shock. After just two hours of playing with Gemini 3, a global leader in business software has disavowed the most popular AI chatbot in favor of its rising rival.
Holy shit. I have used ChatGPT every day for 3 years. I just spent 2 hours on Gemini 3. I won’t go back. The jump is crazy: reasoning, speed, images, video… everything is sharper and faster. It’s as if the world has just changed again. ❤️ 🤖 https://t.co/HruXhc16MqNovember 23, 2025
The message was not subtle. This was not covered in polite comparisons or neutral optimism. Not only did one of Silicon Valley’s most visible corporate figures move from OpenAI to Google, but he also made it a point to tell the world.
Gemini 3 has received numerous other accolades for its combination of the latest advances from Google DeepMind into a single unified architecture. Gemini 3 supports text, images, code, audio and video in a single interface. Gemini 3 is well positioned to take ChatGPT’s crown as the go-to AI chatbot in many ways.
Although ChatGPT’s ubiquity makes it inevitable, Benioff’s post suggests that inevitability has an expiration date. Within hours, one of its most prominent evangelists defected. This says more about the pace of AI evolution than any ranking or benchmark.
AI rivalry heats up
Benioff isn’t just a casual early adopter. Salesforce has deeply integrated AI into its products and business strategy. It was one of the first enterprise giants to partner with OpenAI for productivity tools integrated into customer relations software. When Benioff makes a personal leap like this, it carries the weight of the company’s roster. And if Gemini 3 is now the model it uses by default, the software stacks around it could 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 made it clear that Gemini 3 was designed to work as a flexible engine for consumers and developers, capable of powering everything from help desk bots to video editing suggestions. That scale may be what tipped the scales for Benioff, whose day likely involves switching between data sets, dashboards, and vision presentations at Silicon Valley speed.
It’s a good reminder that the AI landscape is becoming increasingly competitive. There are a growing number of contenders vying to become your AI assistant. For people who occasionally check in on ChatGPT from time to time, nothing has to change overnight. But Benioff’s public conversion offers a glimpse of how quickly even deeply held preferences can give way to the promise of sharper tools.
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