Salesforce agrees to buy defence AI startup Rune Technologies in reported $375m deal

Salesforce announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies, a Washington, DC-based defence technology startup that builds AI software to help the US military and allied nations manage frontline logistics. According to Resilience Media, citing two sources familiar with the matter, Salesforce is paying $375 million in cash and stock. The acquisition expands Missionforce, Salesforce’s national security and defence unit, beyond back-office administration and strategic planning to support battlefield operations.

Founded in 2024 by former Anduril leaders David Tuttle and Peter Goldsborough, Rune Technologies created TyrOS, an operating system for military sustainment. The platform collects inventory data and uses situational intelligence, simulation and optimisation models to forecast supply needs, recommend resource allocation and plan transport routes. It connects enterprise systems with live operational data in denied, degraded, intermittent or limited (DDIL) connectivity environments, automatically reconciling records when connectivity returns.

Already deployed with the US Army and US Marine Corps, Rune Technologies won a $99 million Army contract over the summer. Since its founding, the startup has raised $30 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures and the CIA-backed venture firm IQT. It was last valued at $127 million following a Series A round led by Human Capital last year according to PitchBook, or $134 million according to a Resilience Media source.

Launched in 2025, Salesforce’s Missionforce business has grown 80% year over year, serving all six US military branches and securing a 10-year, $5.6 billion US Army contract last January. Kendall Collins, President and CEO of Missionforce and Government Cloud, said the deal advances an “edge-to-enterprise platform that supports continuous mission readiness,” while Tuttle said it connects “operational logistics from the frontline to the enterprise.” The transaction follows other Salesforce acquisitions this year, including Braze for $5.99 billion, Fin for $3.6 billion, Qualified for $1.2 billion and Listen Labs.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Once integrated with Missionforce Operations, units running Rune Technologies at the tactical edge will have their decisions recorded natively in the enterprise systems of record across the services without custom integration.

Sources: Salesforce, TechCrunch, Resilience Media, Salesforce Ben

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