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 — a footprint expanded under a $363 million CBP contract for 200+ Sentry towers in late 2025 — alongside fast-growing defense work: it took over the U.S. Army's IVAS soldier-headset program from Microsoft, is building the 'Arsenal-1' megafactory in Ohio, and flew its Fury autonomous fighter (YFQ-44A). Valued at about $61 billion in a May 2026 round, it is one of the most valuable defense startups in the world.