A 26-year-old billionaire is building virtual border walls

Minimalist · Jul 29, 2019

After an hour of socializing amid surveillance equipment, Palmer Luckey, the company's 26-year-old near-billionaire founder, mounted a stage for the ribbon-cutting. Luckey had wanted to use the company's namesake sword—a legendary weapon in "The Lord of the Rings" wielded by the hero Aragorn—for the ceremony. A replica of the movie prop hangs on the wall in the office, dramatically underlit with a purple bulb. But Luckey had just gotten back from his honeymoon and hadn't had time to sharpen it.

Armed instead with large scissors, and wearing his trademark uniform of Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts and flip-flops, he dropped some Tolkien on the audience.
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https://techxplore.com/news/2019-07-year-old-billionaire-virtual-border-wallsand.html

BoerenkoolMetWorst · Jul 29, 2019

Named after Anduril because they want the best ethics, best of democracy and best of values. They sell surveillance to the military and despicable likes of ICE. They don't see a contradiction?

guest · Sep 12, 2019

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's border surveillance company gets $1 billion valuation
Anduril Industries is attracting a lot of investment
September 12, 2019
https://www.techspot.com/news/81861...-luckey-border-surveillance-company-gets.html

In brief: Palmer Luckey, the founder of virtual reality platform Oculus VR, appears to be doing well in his latest venture: building virtual walls for monitoring border crossings. His company, Anduril Industries, is reportedly being valued at $1 billion in a new fundraising round.

According to CNBC, a new fundraising round has seen Anduril valued at $1 billion. One of the biggest contributors is venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, according to the publication’s anonymous sources.
Luckey is a firm believer that tech firms should be free to work for the military without interference, as displayed by Anduril’s description of itself: a company that “invents and builds technology to secure America and its interests.”
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Minimalist · Oct 9, 2020

Behind Anduril’s Effort to Create an Operating System for War

The company, launched by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey, is building software to connect multiple Air Force systems—allowing officers to act more quickly.
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https://www.wired.com/story/behind-anduril-effort-create-operating-system-war/

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