Why would they not be able to compete with salesforce? This isn't some tiny startup. This is one of the most deep pocketed companies in the world. Anthropic has announced they are about to spend 5 salesforces worth of money on cloud expenditures in the next couple years. They are projected to be valued at about 10 salesforces after IPO.

Imagine how much money they'd raise if they just said one day "we are going after salesforce bottom line now." It would be like chumming the water.

Salesforce is a part owner in Anthropic, they are not separate entities who would compete.