CompaniesLos Angeles
3 recordsDefense, Intelligence & Government
Anduril Industries
● Costa Mesa, CA
Costa Mesa CA. Defense tech platform company. Founded by Palmer Luckey (Oculus) + Trae Stephens + others. Lattice OS: AI-powered command-and-control platform integrating sensors, drones, autonomous systems. Products: Sentry Tower (border surveillance), Ghost (autonomous drone), Altius (loitering munition), Pulsar (electronic warfare), Roadrunner (reusable interceptor). IQT investment 2017. Series F $1.5B Aug 2023 at $8.5B valuation. Revenue $500M+. Palmer Luckey TIME 100 AI 2024. Now partnered with Palantir on DOD AI consortium.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Castelion
● El Segundo, CA
Hypersonic weapons manufacturing company. Herndon VA. Lavrock early backer. Raised $350M Series B Dec 2025 led by Altimeter + Lightspeed. Lavrock unicorn #2. Blackbeard program + Project Ranger. Mass-production approach to hypersonics.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Divergent
● Torrance, CA
Builds an AI-driven adaptive manufacturing platform (DAPS) that 3D-prints application-specific-alloy structural nodes and robotically assembles them into complex parts for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.