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Salesforce Agrees to Buy Rune in Reported $375M Deal
Salesforce announced a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies and add its frontline logistics software to Missionforce. Resilience Media reported the deal is worth $375 million, citing two sources familiar with the matter; Salesf
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Salesforce’s enterprise systems track personnel, equipment and supplies, but frontline military units may have little or no network access. The company says Rune Technologies can bridge that gap, and on October 29, 2026, it announced a definitive agreement to acquire the startup and bring its logistics software into Missionforce, Salesforce’s government and defense business.
Resilience Media reported on October 30 that the deal is worth $375 million in cash and shares, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Salesforce’s announcement did not confirm that figure. The agreement is not yet complete: Salesforce says it expects the acquisition to close in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2027, subject to customary closing conditions.
Rune’s software is built for the edge
Rune’s tools are designed to help military teams forecast supply needs, allocate resources and make logistics decisions in denied, degraded, intermittent or limited connectivity—conditions Salesforce groups under the acronym DDIL. Its system combines information from enterprise records with live operational data, then synchronizes when a network connection returns. Salesforce says the software can also forecast demand and resupply needs, recommend transportation routes and resource allocations, and help teams assess logistics plans.
That focus addresses a different operating environment from the headquarters and strategic-planning systems Salesforce says Missionforce already serves. In the company’s description, Rune adds the operational edge: frontline units making decisions under time and connectivity pressure. The proposed integration is meant to carry those decisions into military enterprise systems without custom integration, Salesforce says.
Army and Marine Corps already use Rune
Salesforce says Rune’s technology is already deployed with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. Co-founders David Tuttle and Peter Goldsborough launched the company in 2024; Salesforce says both brought leadership experience at defense technology company Anduril. Tuttle described the connectivity problem the startup set out to address in the acquisition announcement:
“We built Rune Technologies to build and deliver modern technologies and capabilities for our military sustainers at the front lines, where they need to make critical battlefield decisions even without reliable connectivity,”
David Tuttle, CEO and Co-Founder of Rune Technologies
Salesforce plans to use the acquisition to connect those frontline logistics tasks with workflows for resource coordination, operational visibility, field service and asset management. The company calls the deal its most significant national-security-focused acquisition to date. The announcement describes a plan to connect edge operations with enterprise systems; it does not say the acquisition has closed.
Missionforce gives Salesforce a defense foothold
Salesforce says its defense business has grown 80% year over year since Missionforce launched a year ago, and that it has customers across all six branches of the U.S. military. The company also points to a 10-year U.S. Army contract with a $5.6 billion ceiling to modernize operations. Those figures frame Rune as an extension of an existing government business, rather than a standalone move into defense.
The test for the deal is whether software designed for disconnected frontline operations can connect reliably with larger enterprise records and workflows. For now, Salesforce’s stated next step is integration: connecting Rune’s tactical logistics capabilities with Missionforce, with the transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027.