Andundil, the startup of defense technology founded by Palmer Luckey, signed a mandate to raise capital to an evaluation of $ 28 billion, according to people familiar with the problem.
The company plans to collect up to $ 2.5 billion in the round, said people who asked not to be named because the details are confidential. The last funding would double assessment From August.
Andundil, the three CNBC Disruptor 50 company that has been placed N ° 2 in 2024aims to disrupt traditional defense entrepreneurs as Lockheed MartinRaytheon and Northrop Grumman By developing its own products and selling them to customers, unlike the traditional military process of then construction.
An Andundil spokesperson refused to comment.
Luckey, who sold the virtual reality company Oculus to Facebook for $ 2 billion in 2014, was a public support Donald Trump For a long time before the president’s return to the White House.
“I have been on the Tech-Pour Trump train for longer than anyone,” said Luckey, who launched the company in 2017, told CNBC “Closing Bell Overrime” on November 6, just after the Trump’s electoral victory. “The idea that we must be the strongest soldiers in the world is really non -partisan.”
In December, Andundil announced a Partnership with the OPENAI Artificial Intelligence Startupallowing the defense technology company to deploy advanced AI systems for “national security missions”.
This is part of a broader and controversial trend in AI companies that return to the ban on the military use of their products and to conclude partnerships with defense companies and the US Department of Defense. In December, anthropic and Palantant announced a partnership with Amazon Web services to “provide us with intelligence and defense agencies” to the IA models of Anthropic.
While Antil is still in private, Palantir, which sells software and services for defense agencies, is listed on the stock market and has been One of the best performers On the stock market in the past year, jumping 370% on this section, raising its market capitalization over 250 billion dollars. Business reported In its latest report on this week’s results, government revenues jumped 45% compared to the previous year to $ 343 million.
The Founders of Peter Thiel leads Andundil’s latest financing, with a commitment of $ 1 billion, sources said, the company’s largest check. Thiel, who was a great supporter of Trump in the 2016 campaign, is one of the co-founders of Palantir. Trae Stephens, partner of the Founders Fund, is co-founder of Andundil.
Andundil’s revenues in 2024 have doubled at around 1 billion dollars and the value of the annual contract reached $ 1.5 billion, people said.
In 2023, Andundil launched several new drones which is based on its control and control software supplied by AI LATTICE used by the army and the American allies to direct human -assisted robotics systems to carry out complex missions.
