Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, speaks during a keynote at the Dreamforce 2023 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023.Salesforce announced Thursday that it would pay 1.9billionincashforOwnCo.,astartupspecializingintoolsforbackingupdataincloud−basedapplications.SalesforceintendstoclosethedealinthequarterendinginJanuary2025ifregulatorsgiveittheirblessing,accordingtoastatement.Thestartup,formerlyknownasOwnBackup,wasvaluedat3.35 billion in a 2021 f ...