Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies for $375 million in cash and stock, TechCrunch reported, citing Resilience Media. Rune, founded in 2024, builds AI software that helps the US military predict supply needs and manage logistics from the field, and it has raised $30 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures and IQT, the CIA-backed venture firm formerly known as In-Q-Tel. The acquisition would sit inside Missionforce, Salesforce’s national security and defense unit, which the company says has grown 80 percent year over year and holds a new 10-year, $5.6 billion contract with the US Army. Salesforce did not respond to a request for comment, and neither company has announced the deal.
Salesforce reported to buy defense startup Rune for $375 million
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a startup building AI software for military field logistics, for $375 million in cash and stock, according to a Resilience Media report cited by TechCrunch.
Why it matters: The deal would push Salesforce's Missionforce defense unit from back-office systems toward battlefield logistics, on the back of a business the company says grew 80 percent in a year and holds a 10-year, $5.6 billion US Army contract.
Data as of TechCrunch report of October 30, 2026, read in full in this run, citing a Resilience Media report of the agreement. Salesforce did not respond to TechCrunch's request for comment, so the deal is reported, not confirmed by either company: single-source at judgment time.
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- Salesforce's M&A spree continues with a reported $375M deal for defense tech startup Rune - TechCrunch - 2026-10-30