Anduril says AI startup sees good 'vibes' from new Trump Pentagon

26/3/2025 16:34

Anduril President Christian Brose said the AI-powered defence start-up, whose founder left Facebook over his early support of Donald Trump, has good "vibes" about the Trump administration's shakeup of defence and willingness to do things differently.



Brose, who previously worked for Republican Senator John McCain, said Anduril was well positioned because the work it is doing on low-cost autonomous defence systems "seemingly align with the assumptions and proclivities the new administration is bringing".



Anduril said in December it would partner with OpenAI to deploy advanced artificial intelligence solutions for national security missions.



Brose has been critical of defence procurement, and said the Trump administration shared this frustration.



"There's a huge opportunity and seemingly a lot of willingness on the part of the new Trump administration to do things differently," he said in an interview at the Australian International Air Show on Wednesday.



"We have relationships with the current administration - its not secret that our founder has given money to Trump and is very supportive of Trump and has been for a very long time,” he said, referring to founder Palmer Luckey.