Anduril
AI-first defense — drones, subs and fighter jets from the founder Facebook fired.
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Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2B and was pushed out at 24 after a political donation became public. He answered by founding Anduril, a defense company built like a software startup: autonomous drones, submarines and fighter-jet wingmen run by its Lattice AI, sold to the Pentagon on a product model instead of cost-plus contracts. It is reportedly valued around $60B, roughly double a year earlier. The most extreme rebound story on the channel.
Why it's indexed
- Reportedly ~$60B valuation, about double the year before.
- Sells autonomous hardware on a software-company model.
- Founded by the 24-year-old Facebook pushed out after the Oculus deal.
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