A profile of Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, as the AI surveillance and defense tech startup, which sells drones to the US, expects $1B in annual revenue by 2026
Silicon Valley has found a lucrative trade selling AI-powered weapons — and Palmer Luckey is leading the way
It never gets old to see Anduril turning the tide for defense tech through sheer force of will So much respect and gratitude for @PalmerLuckey @traestephens @SchimpfBrian @mttgrmm and the team And trends are fickle — the tide could turn back! But these guys will just keep going
“Planning for your startup to make tech for military use is now firmly in vogue in Silicon Valley.” Five years ago, it was totally taboo Every great idea started out “controversial” and every great person was once a punchline If you're offending no one, you're not doing enough [i…
A very smart, pretty scary, look inside Silicon Valley's return to war by @Tabby_Kinder who got Anduril's @PalmerLuckey to explain why he's building the weapons that will finally make America impregnable to attack. https://www.ft.com/... via @ft
“Anduril's first big win, when it was just a few months old, was a contract with the Trump administration to supply AI-powered surveillance towers along the Mexican border.” https://www.ft.com/...
Ignore the flippant title - This is a profoundly worrying article on the intersection between geopolitics, commercial interests in the arms industry and Silicon Valley, and desire for more autonomous weaponry. Huge money, conflicts, implications #CDoH https://www.ft.com/...