Salesforce to Acquire Defense Logistics Firm Rune

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Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies, a company building logistics and sustainment software for the U.S. military and allied nations. The announcement came on October 29, 2026. Terms were not given in the release. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of Salesforce's fiscal year 2027, subject to customary conditions.

Rune's software helps frontline teams forecast supply needs, allocate resources and make decisions. It is built to work in denied, degraded, intermittent or limited connectivity environments, where units have little or no network. When the network returns, the data synchronizes. The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps already use the technology.

Salesforce says Rune would be its most significant national security acquisition. The company will fold into Missionforce, the Salesforce business that serves defense organizations. A year after Missionforce launched, Salesforce says its defense business is growing 80% year over year, with customers in all six branches of the U.S. military. It also cites a 10-year U.S. Army contract with a $5.6 billion ceiling.

An edge-to-enterprise pitch

Salesforce describes defense operations as three layers: enterprise systems of record at headquarters, the strategic headquarters layer where planning happens, and the operational edge where frontline units decide under time and connectivity pressure. Missionforce, it says, covers the first two across the U.S. military and allied forces. Rune is meant to cover the third.

Rune's models forecast demand and resupply needs. They also recommend resource allocation and transportation routing, and let teams test logistics plans before and during operations. After integration, decisions taken at the edge would land in the enterprise systems used across the services without custom integration, according to Salesforce.

"Salesforce is doubling down on national security with our most significant acquisition in this space," said Kendall Collins, president and CEO of Missionforce and Government Cloud at Salesforce.

David Tuttle, CEO and co-founder of Rune, said the company was built to deliver modern technology to military sustainers at the front lines, where they must make critical decisions even without reliable connectivity. He said that with Salesforce the company can take its work further.

Tuttle and Peter Goldsborough launched Rune in 2024. Both draw on leadership experience at Anduril, and they work with a team of military veterans and senior technologists.

Source: Salesforce