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Bloomberg Technology interviews an Anduril co-founder at the Hill and Valley Forum, where the defense technology company announces that Arsenal 1 — its 800,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio — is now fully operational and producing Fury autonomous combat aircraft at a run rate of 120 to 150 aircraft per year. The facility, promised at the site’s January 2025 opening, marks a major production milestone for Anduril, which is simultaneously raising approximately $4 billion at a reported $61 billion valuation.
A substantial portion of the conversation focuses on Anduril’s Lattice AI operating system, which serves as the command-and-control software layer for managing simultaneous airspace threats — distinguishing between low-cost drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic rockets and routing each to the most cost-effective countermeasure, whether a kinetic interceptor, ballistic-trajectory rocket, or electronic warfare system. The co-founder describes Lattice as actively deployed at US facilities in the Gulf during the ongoing conflict with Iran, where the core tactical problem is countering tens-of-thousands-of-dollar drones with multi-million-dollar interceptors — a cost asymmetry Anduril’s low-cost engagement systems are designed to close.
The interview addresses ethics and governance head-on, including an implicit critique of Anthropic’s decision to push back against Pentagon use of its models. The Anduril co-founder, whose firm Founders Fund is also an Anthropic investor, argues that founders should not be the ones setting policy around autonomous weapons — that responsibility belongs to Congress — and calls for clearer codified guidelines from the executive branch rather than commercial self-regulation.
📺 Source: Bloomberg Technology · Published March 24, 2026
🏷️ Format: Interview
