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Anduril Climbs To $61 Billion Valuation After Massive Thrive, A16z-Backed Round - Voyager Technologies (N

The round was led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz as CEO Brian Schimpf argued AI and autonomy will reshape warfare.

  • On Wednesday, defense tech company Anduril announced it raised $5 billion, doubling its valuation to $61 billion in a round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.
  • CEO Brian Schimpf said the company will "aggressively" invest in manufacturing and research after the nine-year-old firm doubled 2025 revenue to $2.2 billion amid rising geopolitical risks.
  • Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, Anduril aims to modernize the military and develop autonomous weapons; the latest funding doubles its previous $30.5 billion valuation as the firm secures Pentagon contracts.
  • Recent contracts include a 10-year Army enterprise deal with a $20 billion ceiling and participation in the "Golden Dome," a $185 billion missile defense system using Anduril's Lattice platform.
  • Schimpf told investors future conflicts will be "regional and bifurcated" in a new Cold War period between America and China, requiring a "distributed, software-defined system for sensing, targeting, and strike.
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US Defense Company Anduril's Valuation Doubles to 91 Trillion Won. The valuation of Anduril Industries, a US defense technology startup, has doubled in the past year to $61 billion (approximately 91 trillion won). According to the Financial Times (FT) on the 13th (local time), Anduril... venture capital firms Thrive Capital and Andreessen...

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