据Resilience Media报道，Salesforce已同意以3.75亿美元现金加股票收购Rune Technologies。这家初创公司开发AI软件，帮助美军预测供应需求并从前线管理后勤。
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 reported.
此次收购凸显了Salesforce通过Missionforce进军国防科技领域的举措。Missionforce是其服务于国家安全和国防机构的业务部门。公司在一篇博客文章中表示，自Missionforce去年推出以来，其业务同比增长了80%，部分得益于与美国陆军签署的一份为期10年、价值56亿美元的新合同。通过整合Rune的前线后勤数据，Missionforce将把服务范围从后台行政规划延伸至战场作战支持。
The acquisition underscores Salesforce’s 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 blog post. By integrating Rune’s frontline logistics data, Missionforce will extend beyond back-office administrative planning to support battlefield operations.
自2024年成立以来，Rune累计融资3000万美元，投资方包括Andreessen Horowitz、Point72 Ventures以及IQT——这家由中央情报局支持的非营利风投机构前身为In-Q-Tel。据PitchBook数据，去年该公司在Human Capital领投的A轮融资中估值为1.27亿美元。
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 non-profit 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.
Salesforce今年一直在进行收购狂潮。除了Rune，这家CRM巨头还同意以36亿美元收购AI代理平台Fin（原Intercom），以12亿美元收购Qualified，并据TechCrunch报道，在Listen Labs放弃一份估值15亿美元、金额1.25亿美元的C轮融资条款清单后，与其签署了收购协议。
Salesforce has been on an acquisition spree this year. In addition to Rune, the CRM giant agreed to buy AI agent platform Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6 billion, bought Qualified for $1.2 billion, and signed an agreement to buy Listen Labs after the startup walked away from a $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation, as TechCrunch reported.
