'The Future Of Cheap, Scalable Digital Labor'—Marc Benioff Shares Video Of A Chinese Robot Doing Kung Fu 'That Costs Less Than A MacBook'

Salesforce CRM CEO Marc Benioff is betting big on AI-powered agents and humanoid robots, calling them the future of digital labor. He recently posted a viral clip on X featuring Unitree’s G1 robot performing combat-style kicks and Tai Chi moves, describing it as part of a massive shift in how work will get done.

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Unitree is Robots that cost less than a MacBook. DeepSeek + Unitree G1 = the future of cheap, scalable digital labor. It's not science fiction anymore. ❤️🤖 pic.twitter.com/P6YHRTMcDL
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) March 22, 2025

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“DeepSeek is AI that costs pennies. Unitree is robots that cost less than a MacBook,” Benioff wrote, claiming that combining the two equals “the future of cheap, scalable digital labor.” But readers were quick to point out that the Unitree G1 actually starts at $16,000, which is significantly more than the price of a MacBook.

Salesforce's Billion-Bot Vision

Benioff isn't just hyping up viral robot videos. He's actively steering Salesforce toward a future dominated by autonomous AI agents. Through the company's Agentforce platform, Salesforce plans to deploy 1 billion AI agents within a year. These digital workers are designed to handle tasks across departments like sales, service, and marketing without human input.

“We are not at that moment we've seen in those crazy movies—and maybe we will be one day—but that is not where we are today,” Benioff said on a recent Wall Street Journal podcast. He added that tools like ChatGPT get too much attention, and that the real breakthrough lies in agents that can take independent action.

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Benioff also shared how a virtual tour guide at a Disney park used AI to customize his itinerary based on ride history and park conditions. For him, that's a glimpse of how AI can reshape not just the office, but everyday life.

A Trillion-Dollar Market

Salesforce is moving beyond customer relationship management software and into what Benioff calls the "digital labor revolution." He estimates the market could be worth as much as $12 trillion. “This is much bigger than software,” he said during Salesforce's latest earnings call. The company is banking on its deeply integrated platform—combining Agentforce, Customer 360, and Data Cloud—to lead the charge.

Despite a mixed quarterly report, where Salesforce beat earnings estimates but narrowly missed on revenue, Benioff's long-term outlook remains bullish. CNBC's Jim Cramer even called Agentforce “pretty revolutionary,” linking the product's potential to Salesforce's 33% stock rally in 2025.

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Robots Join the Workforce

Unitree's G1 robot is making headlines for more than its martial arts skills. It's part of a new wave of humanoid machines trained using virtual simulations. The G1 learns in Nvidia's Isaac Simulator and uses a method called Sim2Real to apply those virtual skills in the real world. The robot has 23 degrees of freedom, a foldable frame, and high-end sensors including 3D LiDAR and a depth camera.

Standing 4.3 feet tall and weighing 77 pounds, the G1 can walk, balance, flip, and even react to being kicked—all powered by an 8-core CPU and a swappable battery. Unitree has also made its motion data open source to encourage further development of human-like movement in robots.

While the price tag doesn't quite match Benioff's MacBook comparison, the technology is getting cheaper, faster, and more capable. And with big players like Salesforce, Microsoft MSFT, Nvidia NVDA and OpenAI all embracing digital agents, the workforce of the future may look very different—and much more robotic.

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