WORLDTECHWarhound emerges from stealth to engineer military dogs with Anduril gear
Warhound, a company co-founded by Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, has emerged from stealth with a plan to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement customers, according to TechCrunch.
The company and its founders
Warhound has come out of stealth mode with a mission to use genetic engineering to produce dogs suited to military and law enforcement work. The company's brainchild is Ben Lamm, who is working alongside Palmer Luckey, the founder of the defence firm Anduril.
TechCrunch reported the launch. The company's broader financing and product details are not covered by the facts available here.
Link to Anduril
Anduril is a defence company based in California and was founded in 2017. The involvement of Luckey places the new venture within the orbit of one of the more prominent defence technology firms of recent years, though the facts do not establish the terms of any formal relationship between the two companies.
Open questions
- What is the scope of any formal relationship between Warhound and Anduril?
- Which military and law enforcement customers are targeted by Warhound?