Salesforce to Acquire Waii

Cloud computing giant Salesforce signed an agreement to acquire Waii, an enterprise-grade natural language-to-SQL platform, on August 7. The acquisition is expected to close in Q3 FY26, Salesforce said. 

Waii is an enterprise data intelligence platform that uses a dynamic metadata knowledge graph to map an organisation’s complete data landscape, including schemas, relationships, metrics and governance rules. 

Leveraging this context, it translates natural language questions into accurate, optimised, dialect-specific SQL queries, with built-in query optimisation and enterprise integration.

After the acquisition is finalised, Salesforce stated that it plans to integrate Waii into its Data Cloud service. 

Waii’s technology is expected to enhance Salesforce’s ability to provide “more intuitive ways to explore and manage data”. Moreover, it aims to enable faster and more relevant analytics as it underpins Tableau’s semantic engine, which is powered by a live knowledge graph. 

“Waii’s core technology, which dynamically builds a metadata knowledge graph of an enterprise’s data, will enable agentic workflows and AI-powered insights across the Salesforce platform, including Agentforce and Tableau Next,” the company said. 

“At Salesforce, we know that a deep understanding of metadata is the key to this future. With Waii, we’re not just augmenting our stack; we’re acquiring the catalyst that makes this vision a reality for our customers,” Raveendrnathan Loganathan, EVP of Salesforce Data Cloud, said.

Salesforce did not officially reveal the financials behind this acquisition. 

In 2025 alone, Salesforce completed the acquisitions of multiple companies. A few months ago, the company acquired Convergence.ai, a company that develops agentic systems that perform complex tasks in digital environments. 

Moreover, the company agreed to acquire cloud data management firm Informatica in a deal worth approximately $8 billion in equity, not including Salesforce’s existing investment. According to the agreement, Informatica shareholders will get $25 in cash for each share.