AI NewsWaveSalesforce Brings AI Agent Talent Development Program to Korea
Key points
- Salesforce introduces Partner FDE program in Korea for the first time
- 44 people from 11 partner firms join Seoul workshop
- Goal of training 100 AI agent experts in Korea
Salesforce will introduce Partner FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer), a program for developing AI agent specialists, in Korea for the first time. Salesforce announced the plan on Oct. 20. According to Chosun Biz, an FDE is an engineer who understands a customer's business environment and work processes and supports the entire process of designing, building, deploying, operating and optimizing AI agents.
The program began with a workshop held in Seoul for three days from Oct. 13. VentureSquare reported that 44 people from 11 Korean systems integration and consulting partner firms took part, and that the workshop covered topics such as designing AI agents with Agentforce and Slack.
The target number is described differently by outlet. TechM reported that Salesforce will train 100 or more domestic experts by 2027, and VentureSquare said in its headline that the goal is to train 100.
TechM reported that the introduction is part of strengthening partner capabilities to support Korean companies' transition to an agentic enterprise. Datanet also mentioned support for the agentic enterprise transition to the same effect.