Anduril Raises $5 Billion, as Push to Modernize the Military Accelerates

kept by eddie may 13

Anduril raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, doubled from a year ago, to accelerate AI-powered military modernization.

The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder - The New York Times
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense startup Anduril, is the Pentagon's favored tech figure as the Trump administration modernizes the military with autonomous weapons.
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Palmer Luckey: Meta Isn't Abandoning VR, Studio Closures "A Good Thing"
Palmer Luckey argues Meta's VR studio closures benefit the industry by reducing first-party competition with third-party developers.
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Exclusive | ‘We Do Fail … a Lot’: Defense Startup Anduril Hits Setbacks With Weapons Tech - WSJ
Anduril Industries' autonomous weapons systems experienced breakdowns and safety concerns during a Navy exercise, leading personnel to warn of operational risks.
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Our agreement with the Department of War
OpenAI announces a contract with the Pentagon for classified AI deployments, emphasizing cloud-only deployment, retained safety guardrails, and explicit prohibitions against domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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