The new, seven-year deal, announced today, will enable Salesforce customers to run their Agentforce AI agents and its customer relationship management software on Google’s cloud infrastructure, where they can take advantage of an extensive range of data analytics products, Salesforce said.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff denies reports of a $1 billion cloud deal, emphasizing an expanded partnership with Google instead.

Salesforce (CRM) has dismissed rumors of a big cloud deal with tech titans like Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google, and Oracle (ORCL),

The contract, worth $2.5 billion, is emblematic of how big tech companies are forging alliances to offer a broader menu of AI products.

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) has entered into a deal with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) to offer its customer relations management software, Agentforce artificial intelligence assistants and Data Cloud offerings through Google Cloud,