Anduril Industries, a defense technology firm building autonomous systems and the Lattice AI-powered operating system, closed a $1.48 billion Series E funding round at an $8.48 billion post-money valuation, roughly double its June 2021 valuation. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners and included participation from Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and others. Over the prior twelve months, Anduril closed a $967 million contract with US Special Operations Command for counter-UAS integration, acquired Dive Technologies (autonomous underwater vehicles), launched three new product lines, and expanded headcount from 700 to over 1,100 employees. The company positions itself as a "technology partner, not an equipment provider," focused on software-defined capabilities powered by AI and autonomy. For financial institutions: this signals sustained venture capital appetite for defense-technology vendors with government revenue and AI-autonomous differentiation, and indicates a portfolio company's progress in translating government contracts into equity value and operational scale.
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