{"id":662373,"date":"2026-10-31T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662373\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:34:11","slug":"salesforces-ma-spree-continues-with-a-reported-375m-deal-for-defense-tech-startup-rune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662373\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce\u2019s M&#038;A spree continues with a reported $375M deal for defense tech startup Rune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a startup that builds AI software to help the U.S. military predict supply needs and manage logistics from the field, for $375 million in cash and stock, Resilience Media <a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencemedia.co\/scoop-salesforce-is-paying-375m-for-rune-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acquisition underscores Salesforce\u2019s push into defense tech through Missionforce, its business unit serving national security and defense agencies. Since Missionforce launched last year, its business has grown 80% year over year, driven in part by a new 10-year, $5.6 billion contract with the U.S. Army, the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-rune-technologies\/?utm_campaign=amer_cbaw&amp;utm_content=salesforce__sprout-1793304085&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">blog post<\/a>. By integrating Rune\u2019s frontline logistics data, Missionforce will extend beyond back-office administrative planning to support battlefield operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its founding in 2024, Rune has raised a total of $30 million from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures, and IQT, a CIA-backed nonprofit venture firm formerly known as In-Q-Tel. The startup was last valued at $127 million when it raised a Series A led by Human Capital last year, according to PitchBook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salesforce has been on an acquisition spree this year. In addition to Rune, the CRM giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/06\/15\/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-fin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">agreed to buy<\/a> AI agent platform Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-qualified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">bought<\/a> Qualified for $1.2 billion, and signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-listen-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">agreement to buy<\/a> Listen Labs after the startup walked away from a $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation, as <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/09\/09\/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salesforce didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a startup that builds AI software to help the U.S. military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,17469,85,53038,46,23135,298177,136],"class_list":["post-662373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-defense-tech","tag-il","tag-in-brief","tag-israel","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-rune-technologies","tag-salesforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}