Sources: Palmer Luckey's border surveillance tech startup Anduril Industries has raised a funding round at a $1B+ valuation from Andreessen Horowitz and others
KEY POINTS — Anduril has secured a funding round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz that values the defense company at more than $1 billion.
Palmer Luckey, who was ousted from Facebook after donating $10k to a fledgling shitposting PAC run by moderators of r/The_Donald, has secured a funding round from Andreessen Horowitz. His new company claims to make a “virtual border wall.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
If you've ever wondered why Silicon Valley won't do anything about hate and harassment online, that's because it's also *funding* the people who back hate and harassment online. Here's Palmer Luckey with Steve Bannon and Holocaust-denier Chuck Johnson, by the way... https://twitt…
Anduril's border control technology includes towers with cameras and infrared sensors that use artificial intelligence to track movement. It's been deployed in Texas and Southern California. https://twitter.com/...
.@anduriltech is one of the few (and by few, I think 2?) startups to brave into the turbulent waters of Pentagon/Homeland contracts. Need smart, energetic tech companies to get serious about the global competition we're in with China. This is good news. https://www.cnbc.com/...