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AI towers watch the border
2020Anduril's autonomous towers use AI to detect and track people crossing the border, extending persistent surveillance over migrants and nearby communities.
Border Surveillance
Anduril Industries
Founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey, Anduril builds autonomous surveillance towers, drones, and the Lattice AI platform that fuses their sensors into a single operating picture. Its towers form much of CBP's 'virtual wall' along the southern border, alongside growing defense contracts.
◍ Costa Mesa, CaliforniaEst. 2017
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Further reading
- ↳Anduril's expanding CBP tower contracts — WIRED, 2023
- ↳Atlas of Surveillance — EFF, 2025 ↗