Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Rune Technologies to Expand Defense Business
Salesforce announced on October 29, 2026 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies. The company said the move will bring Rune’s edge-native technology into its Missionforce defense product portfolio for critical logistics and sustainment operations for the U.S. military and allies.
Rune Technologies’ technology helps frontline teams predict supply needs, optimize resource allocation, and make mission-critical decisions, including in DDIL (degraded, disrupted, intermittent, or limited) environments. The company has been deployed with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Co-founders David Tuttle and Peter Goldsborough founded the company in 2024, and the team includes members with Anduril experience and military veterans.
Salesforce said Missionforce revenue grew 80% year over year one year after launch, with customers spanning all six branches of the U.S. military. The company said recent milestones include a 10-year contract with the U.S. Army, with a ceiling of $5.6 billion. The transaction is expected to close in Salesforce fiscal 2027 fourth quarter, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The above is company announcement content, and the transaction has not yet been completed.
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Title: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Rune Technologies Publisher: Salesforce Publication date: 2026-10-29 URL: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-rune-technologies/ Source type: official company press release Verification status: full text read in this session, verification date 2026-10-29 Supporting content: definitive agreement signed, acquisition target, technology use, deployment status, Missionforce growth data, contract milestone, expected closing timing, founder information
Title: Salesforce to buy defense tech firm Rune in military business push Publisher: Reuters Publication date: 2026-10-29 URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/salesforce-buy-defense-tech-firm-rune-military-business-push-2026-10-29/ Source type: media report Verification status: read summary of report in this session, verification date 2026-10-29 Supporting content: transaction purpose, financial terms not disclosed, expected closing timing (consistent with official statement)
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Salesforce is entering the defense market through Missionforce and is now filling in the “tactical edge” layer with the acquisition of Rune. The official description divides the business into the enterprise system record layer, the strategic headquarters planning layer, and the frontline operations layer; Missionforce covers the first two layers, while Rune provides the third layer, which can operate in low-connectivity or no-connectivity environments and synchronize when the network is restored.
Rune’s TyrOS platform focuses on predictive logistics, combining enterprise system data with real-time operational data for supply forecasting, resource allocation, and transportation planning. The founders have Anduril backgrounds and frontline military experience, and the company had previously won a U.S. Army contract and been deployed in Army and Marine Corps exercises. This acquisition will directly connect edge decision-making to Salesforce’s enterprise system records, reducing the need for custom integration.
The transaction has not yet closed, and the financial terms have not been disclosed. The result is that Salesforce’s defense products are extending from headquarters and enterprise layers to frontline logistics, but this still depends on closing conditions and subsequent integration results.
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Extending enterprise system records into low-connectivity frontline environments enables logistics decisions to synchronize automatically when the network is restored.
After acquiring edge logistics software, the defense software stack extends from the headquarters planning layer to the tactical execution layer.
Predictive tools already deployed in specific military branches can, once connected through an enterprise platform, cover a broader set of service system records.