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AI era splits enterprise software over user interfaces as companies take diverging paths

Enterprise software companies are taking two approaches to user interfaces in the AI era: drawing users into their platforms or letting customers use their software through external AI tools such as ChatGPT. Salesforce is pushing a headless model that treats APIs as the interface, unveiling an AI interface layer called AIforce at Dreamforce 2026 and expanding ties with AWS and Google Cloud. Others, including Figma, are emphasizing using AI within their own software.