Defense technology company building autonomous drones and sensors for military applications.
Founders
Palmer Luckey(United States · ♂)— The teenage inventor of the Oculus Rift VR headset (sold to Facebook for ~2bn USD) who later left Facebook, Luckey founded Anduril in 2017 to bring Silicon Valley software and autonomy to defense technology.
Trae Stephens(United States · ♂)— An early Palantir employee turned Founders Fund partner with intelligence-community experience, Stephens co-founded Anduril in 2017 to modernize defense procurement with autonomous systems.
Brian Schimpf(United States · ♂)— A former Palantir engineering leader, Schimpf co-founded Anduril in 2017 and serves as CEO, applying commercial software-engineering practices to defense hardware and autonomy.
Matt Grimm(United States · ♂)— A former Palantir operations executive, Grimm co-founded Anduril in 2017 as COO, scaling its manufacturing and operations.
Joe Chen(United States · ♂)— A former Palantir engineer, Chen co-founded Anduril in 2017 contributing to its software and engineering foundations.