Anduril, a military -intelligence company, is scheduled to complete a new round of financing that doubles the value of the company to 28 billion dollars, according to four people familiar with negotiations.
The people said that the financing round, led by the Founders Fund and has not yet closed, gathered up to $ 2.5 billion. Two people said that the founders ’fund alone is planning to invest one billion dollars, which is the largest check written by the company.
Designed AnDuril and builds independent systems Army weapons And other government agencies, including aircraft aircraft, aircraft, missiles, underwater ships and monitoring equipment to monitor both the national borders and the battlefield. It is one of a new wave of construction companies based on government artificial intelligence technologies.
The Funds Fund, which was launched by businessman and investor Peter Thil, supported Andrill since its inception in 2017, and one of the founders of Andoril, TR Stevens, is a partner in the company. Mr. Thil, who was also co -founded in Balnter, has long been a supporter of Republican candidates, including President Trump in 2016 and JD Vance’s Run For Senate in 2022.
Six months ago, Andoril raised $ 1.5 billion with a rate of $ 14 billion.
The Founders Fund refused to comment. CNBC Firstly I mentioned the details of the financing talks.
The latest flow of criticism comes as emerging companies in the field of defense technology outperform their horizons. The enthusiasm for technology has grown in the American army in recent years in the Silicon Valley, a reflection of more than a decade of moving away from those contracts. Recently, thousands of Google employees A message protested The company’s military contracts.
This resistance has slowly turned, as more investment capital companies hold on money in the sector.
Mr. Trump is expected to direct turbine investments. Palmer Loki, founder of Andoril, supported the president since his 2016 campaign.
On the night of the presidential election in November, Mr. Loki Mimi published celebrating the victory of Mr. Trump. Elon Musk, Executive Director of Technology and close adviser to the president, responded Saying It was very important to open DOD/Intel for entrepreneurship companies like you. “
In January, Mr. Loki and Andrill Plans announced To build a billion -dollar factory in Ohio, they said that it would eventually lead to the production of tens of thousands of independent systems and weapons every year.
