Salesforce agrees to buy defense tech startup Rune for $375 million

The CRM giant is folding a battlefield logistics AI company into Missionforce, its growing national security unit Salesforce built its empire helping sales teams track leads. Now it wants to help the US military track ammunition, fuel, and food. The company has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a Washington, D.C.-based startup that makes AI software for military logistics, for $375 million in cash and stock. Salesforce announced the deal on October 29, 2026. The purchase is the clearest signal yet that Salesforce sees defense as a serious growth line, not a side project. Rune will become part of Missionforce, the business unit Salesforce set up to serve national security and defense agencies. What Salesforce is actually buying Rune’s core product is called TyrOS. It gives military planners adaptive decision support and predictive analytics, which in practice means forecasting what supplies units will need and helping manage logistics out in the field. The distinguishing feature is that TyrOS is built to keep working when connectivity is limited. Most enterprise software assumes a reliable internet connection. A forward operating base does not offer that luxury. TyrOS is not a pr...