AI start-up sees good ‘vibes’ from Pentagon

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

- KIRSTY NEEDHAM

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

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

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

“There’s a large 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 yesterday.