Startup equips genetically enhanced dogs with Palmer Luckey’s military tech

<figure> <img alt="A screenshot taken form the Warhound website banner. showing dogs equipped with military tech." data-caption="The Warhound website calls this “a new breed of dominance.” | Image: Warhound" data-portal-copyright="Image: Warhound" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Warhound-Palmer-Luckey-startup-hero.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Warhound website calls this “a new breed of dominance.” | Image: Warhound </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new Texas-based defense startup has a plan to improve military and police dogs in the US: it's going to genetically modify them and equip them with Anduril's military technology. <a href="https://warhound.com/">Warhound</a> is the brainchild of Anduril's Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, co-founder of Colossal Biosciences (the company that says it's trying to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/science/921088/colossal-de-extinction-antelope-reproduction">resurrect extinct animals</a>), and it's already secured $200 million in funding from investors.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Warhound plans to use Colossal's work in genetics, cloning, and animal biology to "produce healthier dogs with characteristics suited to demanding missions," with Anduril then equipping them with its "advanced cybernetic Augments." T …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017343/warhound-palmer-luckey-anduril-colossal-war-dogs">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>