Anduril
Anduril Industries
A defense-technology company building autonomous systems and the Lattice AI platform to modernize military capability, founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey and a team of technologists.
Founded2017
HeadquartersCosta Mesa, CA
IndustryDefense Technology
Anduril autonomous surveillance tower, Sunland Park, New Mexico · CC BY 4.0 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Wikimedia Commons
Overview
Founders
Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm and Joe Chen
Founded 2017
Landmark Achievements
- Built Lattice, an AI-driven command-and-control platform that fuses sensors and autonomous systems.
- Fields autonomous hardware — surveillance towers and the Ghost and Fury drones — and counter-drone systems.
- Became one of the most valuable defense startups by selling software-defined, commercially developed hardware to the U.S. and its allies.
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