🛡️Salesforce Buys Rune Technologies for $375M to Push Into Military Logistics

Salesforce is now bidding for the battlefield

Salesforce just bought its way deeper into defense. The company agreed to acquire Rune Technologies for $375 million in cash and stock, and Rune's AI tools help the U.S. military forecast supply needs and run logistics from the field. If you build enterprise software, this is the part to watch. Salesforce is taking its platform past sales dashboards and into battlefield operations, and it's doing it through Missionforce, its defense unit. Missionforce is a real business now, not a slide deck. Its revenue reportedly grew 80% year over year since launching last year, driven by a 10-year, $5.6 billion U.S. Army contract. Teams building AI for regulated or high-stakes environments should expect defense buyers to start asking for the same rigor they get from commercial customers. Rune is small by Salesforce standards. It has raised $30 million total since being founded in 2024, and its last valuation was $127 million at a Series A led by Human Capital. Salesforce is paying roughly four times that last valuation. Meanwhile, the acquisition spree keeps going. Salesforce has also agreed to buy AI agent platform Fin for an undisclosed amount, bought Qualified for $1.2 billion, and signed a deal for Listen Labs after that startup walked away from a $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation. Watch whether Missionforce keeps its growth rate once Rune's tools move into Army contracts. That's where the real revenue story will show up.