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Silicon Valley pours into start-up making ‘gene-edited military’ dogs

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 23, 2026 • 04:27 AM
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Defence company Anduril’s co-founder and entrepreneur Ben Lamm conceived the start-up to clone and genetically edit working canines for the military.

Silicon Valley pours into start-up making ‘gene-edited military’ dogs

New York | A Texas-based start-up promising to give the US an edge on the battlefield by rebuilding the country’s supply of “military working dogs” has raised $US200 million ($285 million) from investors including Sequoia Capital and Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest .

Warhound, the brainchild of Anduril’s co-founder Palmer Luckey and software entrepreneur Ben Lamm, “will produce genetically enhanced working dogs” domestically and equip them with advanced technology to ensure they have “battlefield situational awareness”, the new company said.

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