Context: Rune makes AI military logistics software and had raised $30M from a16z and others; TechCrunch says it will join Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
From resiliencemedia.co: Salesforce acquires Rune, which makes AI military logistics software, sources say for $375M in cash and stock; Rune raised $30m from a16z and others — Salesforce is acquiring defence tech startup Rune Technologies for $375 million in a combination of shares and cash, according to two sources…
Rune's AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line; it joins Missionforce, the defence business Salesforce launched a year ago.
The AI logistics startup would bolster Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
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