Salesforce’s M&A spree continues with a reported $375M deal for defense tech startup Rune (opens techcrunch.com)
The AI logistics startup would bolster Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
Context: Rune's AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line; it joins Missionforce, the defence business Salesforce launched a year ago.
From The Next Web: Salesforce has agreed to buy Rune Technologies. The US startup’s AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line. Salesforce announced the deal on Thursday. Rune will join Missionforce, the defence business Salesforce launched a year ago. Salesforce did not disclose the price.
The AI logistics startup would bolster Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
Rune makes AI military logistics software and had raised $30M from a16z and others; TechCrunch says it will join Salesforce's Missionforce defense platform.
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