The Rundown: Palmer Luckey’s $1.2 B war dog startup

Posted on October 23, 2026 by michelleclarke2015
🐕 Palmer Luckey’s $1.2B war dog startup
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The Rundown: Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey just launched Warhound, a startup that wants to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military and law enforcement and suit them up in Anduril hardware.
The details:
Warhound plans to collect cells from elite military, police, and first-responder dogs, edit their genomes, and clone animals selected for high performance. Early gene edits would target inherited conditions like hip dysplasia; later efforts could boost speed, agility, and smell, potentially using wolf genes. Anduril is expected to develop protective equipment and software for the animals, including advanced body armor, goggles, and battlefield-awareness systems. Warhound expects its first gene-edited puppies in early 2027, with future dogs intended for search-and-rescue to military and law-enforcement operations.
Why it matters: A de-extinction biotech and a defense-tech partner want to clone gene-edited war dogs in sensor-laden armor, in a B-movie pitch now worth $1.2B. If it works, the dogs get healthier and more capable, but it also pushes gene editing into a strange new arena where animal welfare and battlefield optimization blur together.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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