Palmer Luckey (Anduril) (Defense Technology) at Anduril Industries — Costa Mesa, United States
Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries in 2017 alongside Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Brian Schimpf, and Joe Chen, determined to apply Silicon Valley software thinking to the defense industry. Anduril has disrupted traditional defense contracting by moving faster, accepting more risk, and using commercial software development practices. Its Lattice AI platform, Ghost drones, and Roadrunner missiles represent a new category of AI-native autonomous defense systems.