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SuccessForget a degree—$30 billion defense startup Anduril will fast-track your job application if you can win its AI drone-flying contest
By Preston ForeFebruary 5, 2026
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PoliticsFounder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 8, 2026
Alex Karp smiles on stage
Big TechAlex Karp credits his dyslexia for Palantir’s $415 billion success: ‘There is no playbook a dyslexic can master … therefore we learn to think freely’
By Lily Mae LazarusDecember 3, 2025
Dimitrios Kottas
FinanceAn ex-Apple engineer says his new defense startup leans heavily on a key Silicon Valley strategy: ‘Look at the speed that Tesla moved’
By Dave SmithJuly 30, 2025
PoliticsUkraine amasses $43 billion for defense industry, Zelenskiy says
By Olesia Safronova, Daryna Krasnolutska and BloombergJune 21, 2025
PoliticsIs the EU’s Green New Deal about to be killed off and replaced by defense spending?
By Alex LedsomApril 15, 2025
Armin Papperger, chief executive officer of Rheinmetall AG, during the Federation of German Industries (BDI) conference in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Germany's business outlook declined for the first time in five months a sign that the gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy faces headwinds.
PoliticsEurope is stuck at the kids’ table in Ukraine peace talks—and it’s our own fault, says German defense chief
By Ryan HoggFebruary 18, 2025
Palmer Luckey poses while crossing his arms
TechPalmer Luckey’s defense company, which thrived during Trump’s first term, is planning a gargantuan Ohio facility that will add 4,000 new jobs
By The Associated PressJanuary 16, 2025
PoliticsAnduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military
By Tom Giles, Ashlee Vance, Katrina Manson and BloombergNovember 16, 2024
Hellfire missile
FinanceUS to sell up to $2.2 billion in weapons to UAE, Saudi Arabia
By Courtney McBride and BloombergOctober 12, 2024
TechAlex Karp’s foreign policy: if you harm an American you’ll feel pain for generations
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 23, 2024
aircraft carrier at sea
FinanceY Combinator’s first bet on weapons eyes a U.S.-China war and SpaceX playbook
By Jason MaAugust 25, 2024
EuropeThe Ukraine war has exposed Europe’s reliance on Russia’s railways for trade with China—including for the defense industry
By Jonathan Tirone, Alberto Nardelli and BloombergJanuary 22, 2023
Ukraine after Russian airstrike
PoliticsNATO countries are sending a trove of weapons to Ukraine after Zelensky’s requested air cover. Here’s what each country is sending over
By Sophie MellorOctober 13, 2022
Photo of RAF Air Marshal Johnny Stringer in civilian clothes sitting with a Rebellion Defence coffee mug.
PoliticsWhat a top NATO commander learned interning at a software startup
By Jeremy KahnSeptember 24, 2022
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