Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a startup that builds AI software used by the US military to predict supply needs and manage logistics in the field, for $375 million in cash and stock, according to a report from Resilience Media. The deal extends Missionforce, the CRM giant's business unit serving national-security and defense agencies, which Salesforce says has grown 80% year over year since launching, driven in part by a new 10-year, $5.6 billion contract with the US Army.
By folding in Rune's frontline logistics data, Salesforce intends to push Missionforce beyond back-office administrative planning and into supporting battlefield operations directly. Rune, founded in 2024 by alumni of the defense-tech company Anduril, has built its reputation on TyrOS, an operating system for field logistics spanning everything from individual platoons to theater-level command, with pilot deployments already running with the US Army and Marine Corps.
The startup has raised a total of roughly $30 million, including a $24 million Series A led by Human Capital in mid-2025 with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Point72 Ventures, plus backing from IQT, the CIA-backed nonprofit venture arm formerly known as In-Q-Tel. It was last valued at $127 million. Salesforce did not respond to a request for comment on the deal.
An active year of acquisitions
Missionforce launched a little over a year ago as Salesforce sought a foothold in a defense sector increasingly open to commercial AI tools, competing with firms such as Palantir and Anduril for Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts. The unit's rapid growth also reflects a wider push inside the Pentagon to adopt commercial software faster, a shift that has drawn a wave of venture capital into defense-focused startups over the past two years.
The purchase is the latest in an active year of dealmaking for Salesforce, which has also agreed to buy the AI agent platform Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for $3.6 billion, acquired the sales-intelligence firm Qualified for $1.2 billion, and signed an agreement to buy Listen Labs after that startup walked away from a competing term sheet. The deal, still subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the coming months.