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Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Makes Drone-Killing Robots

Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Makes Drone-Killing Robots

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Walter Gibson


This is the Interceptor. It’s the creation of Palmer Luckey, who might be the world’s
most unlikely weapons mogul. He’s the founder of a multibillion dollar, virtual reality company. He’s also a polarizing
figure in Silicon Valley. My name is Palmer Luckey, and
I’m the founder of Anduril. I wanna build a big company. I wanna build a company that’s
worth billions of dollars. I wanna become one of the
major defense contractors, that’s building technology for
the United States government. And I’m proud to say that,
I’m happy to say that, and I hope we get there. At his previous company, the virtual reality
headset maker, Oculus Rift, Luckey had the idea to build
a futuristic consumer device, combining low cost components
with sophisticated software. He sold Oculus to Facebook
for about $2 billion in 2014. Two years later, just a month before the
2016 presidential election, The Daily Beast reported
he’d given $10,000 to a group of Trump supporters, to fund billboards
featuring insulting messages about Hillary Clinton. In 2017, Facebook announced that Luckey was no longer an employee. I was fired. We can all be honest about it. It became the rare HR decision to make it into a congressional hearing. CEO, have you ever made hiring or firing decisions based
on political positions, or what candidates they supported? No Why was Palmer Luckey fired? That is a specific personnel matter that seems like it would
be inappropriate to speak– You just made a specific representation that you didn’t make decisions
based on political views. Is that accurate?
Well, I can commit that it was not because
of a political view. Anduril has followed
Luckey’s Oculus playbook, using off-the-shelf components, in an industry much more
suited to his politics. Over the course of a few
months, earlier this year, the company built a cheap
version of its drone, made a smartphone video, and started showing it to
people at the Pentagon. It’s a little crazy, but I think that is definitely
the way that it’s going. I mean, all these other
systems, like, where they, there are people who
propose shooting drones out of the sky with a
laser, or with a missile, or you know, that’s not
really a good way to take out, let’s say, a hundred drones that are attacking you from
all different directions. The only thing that can take
out a swarm of fast drones, is a bigger swarm of faster drones, and that’s exactly what we’re building. Here’s some Interceptors. This one has a experimental
parachute release mechanism. So that the idea is, after
it runs into something, if it really destroys it drive train, rather than falling to the ground, it can pop a parachute and
fall to the ground safely. Pops this thing, pops open,
and there’s the parachute. I think that’s one of the reasons that our customers like us so much. I mean, they’re used to going
to people who have like, here’s this white paper. Here’s this idea that we have. We want you to pay us by the hour, so that we can research it, and figure out if it makes sense. And if it does, you’ll pay
us by the hour to make it. And then, if it doesn’t, you’ll
pay us until it does work. And we’re going to them and saying “We do this ourselves,
we used our own money, “we got it done in a matter
of weeks, and here it is.” Anduril has shipped several hundred Interceptors
to military bases. It also has contracts with the US Customs and
Border Protection agency, to provide surveillance equipment to use at the border with Mexico. Workers at other tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft,
Amazon, and Palantir, have all objected to doing similar work, leading to protests by the
employees and activists. Luckey insists that Anduril’s
work isn’t partisan. There’s a lot of people who, I think, falsely conflate border security with immigration policy. And, I don’t care what you
believe on immigration policy, even if you want to have
totally open immigration. Anyone can come into the United States and instantly become a citizen. You should still want to
have strong border security. The company’s surveillance technology consists of large towers,
packed with sensors, and small surveillance drones
that can be set up along the border, or at military
bases, to guard the perimeter. So, this is one of our sentry towers, it is a totally autonomous,
solar powered infrastructure, independent security tower. So, by placing these
towers every few miles, you can end up with a
nearly perfect picture of everything that’s going
on in a really large area. And then that is very easy
for an operator to read. These are being used right now by the DOD, by the Department of Homeland Security, along military bases, the border, and a lot of other
critical infrastructure. Anduril’s future success relies largely on the military’s continued concern that the US could lose
to China in an arms race based on artificial intelligence. Our technology is far behind the consumer area in many places. And we’re also far behind our adversaries in a lot of places. People should be more
worried than they are, about falling behind, ’cause it’s not something
that’s gonna happen someday. It’s already happened. Critics say, technologists, like Luckey, have an ethical duty to stay
out of the weapons business. But neither the military,
nor Anduril’s investors share their concerns. The company recently raised a
$120 million investment round, valuing it at about $1 billion.

100 thoughts on “Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Makes Drone-Killing Robots”

  1. bigfrog Australia says:
    October 6, 2019 at 12:34 am

    Drone arms race. Only a matter of time.

    Reply
  2. Carl James says:
    October 6, 2019 at 4:07 am

    a 12 year old with a Sui-vest in any. random afghan city has more bravery and purpose than everyone in the comments section combined.

    Reply
  3. DIVIT VINOD says:
    October 6, 2019 at 4:23 am

    You ain't no Tony stark boi

    Reply
  4. Eduardo L says:
    October 6, 2019 at 5:13 am

    Drone dezzzzz nuts

    Reply
  5. Victor says:
    October 6, 2019 at 5:40 am

    So because he's a Trump supporter, he's evil?

    Reply
  6. Bill Mazur says:
    October 6, 2019 at 5:56 am

    Great intro on trump Bloomberg, You are now added to the fake news list

    Reply
  7. Calvin Ryu says:
    October 6, 2019 at 6:01 am

    I like this

    Reply
  8. Jaler Sekar Maji says:
    October 6, 2019 at 6:44 am

    He looks like Tony Stark

    Reply
  9. Jaler Sekar Maji says:
    October 6, 2019 at 6:44 am

    Produced by: Diana Suryakusuma, Indonesian?

    Reply
  10. Flavio Ferreira says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:53 am

    That forced lingering smurk… I smell sociopath.

    Reply
  11. abdu aziz abdu rahman says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:58 am

    Anybody who has a blood of humanity should stand against racist people

    Reply
  12. nayanmalig says:
    October 6, 2019 at 8:40 am

    Military industrial complex will destroy it before it's launched LOL

    Reply
  13. Siddharth Bouddha says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:08 am

    He is a dude

    Reply
  14. DJ Ish says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:18 am

    He looks and reminds me of titan from megamind or that annoying dude from the incredibles.

    Reply
  15. Sarah Minhtran says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:26 am

    Omg! That guy looks like Syndrome from The incredible's!

    Reply
  16. Lauri Harju says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:49 am

    "We well not weaponize robots and act in a responsible way. Robots will improve quality of life." Oh wait…

    Reply
  17. hyou zan ren says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:49 am

    For every cure we need a poison to counter it incase the cure turn out a zombie creating virus!

    Reply
  18. Acton N says:
    October 6, 2019 at 10:39 am

    There's nothing new about his cheap drone

    Reply
  19. Hamza Jay says:
    October 6, 2019 at 11:33 am

    WW3 gonna be fucking messy

    Reply
  20. Adityanovski says:
    October 6, 2019 at 11:54 am

    Mysterio-starks wanna be

    Reply
  21. Dirt Worth says:
    October 6, 2019 at 12:43 pm

    I wonder why not use missiles for drones instead of other drones? The towers do look awesome anyway.

    Reply
  22. Tyler Barker says:
    October 6, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    Drone battles right?
    it sounds like a pretty fukin bad ass sport…

    Flying people sounds likes a pretty badass sport to, like the jet packs stuff, honestly i think t sounds cooler than nasxar or grandpix… ( you know imagining people racing on jet packs instead of milliondollar nascars type stuf)

    Reply
  23. Aisha and Yahya says:
    October 6, 2019 at 1:51 pm

    He has not watched baahubali. You just shoot a huge blanket in the sky and take out a swarm of drones.

    Reply
  24. MJ speedzone says:
    October 6, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    I think hes like a tech super hero. He should wheel around his office with a cape on!

    Reply
  25. Zeed says:
    October 6, 2019 at 5:04 pm

    Americans have an Ethical duty to keep foreign nationalists out of their country

    Reply
  26. G Watsittoyaa says:
    October 6, 2019 at 5:52 pm

    Genius people arent likable , example Neil de Grasse is not a smart person , people like him , there is a science behind this theory , check it out , its cause they dont value and learn social norms

    Reply
  27. FEWLATE says:
    October 6, 2019 at 6:32 pm

    Palmer reminds me of every evil villain in Sifi Kids movies. In that he’s likable but what he’s doing is kinda scary as fuck.

    Reply
  28. Roy Alvarez says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:04 pm

    Guy doesn't only look like a douche bag.

    Reply
  29. Ro nald says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:19 pm

    Who wants to live in a future like that hate, fear, death and destruction.

    Reply
  30. Babi Mangab says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    Anduril palantir.. when is smeagol coming?

    Reply
  31. Ross B says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    You had me at “ trump supporter “
    Common sense must always prevail

    Reply
  32. Mr S says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:44 pm

    “ we build it with our money “

    – gets 100 million from investors 🤣🤣🤣

    Reply
  33. jds hempfarm says:
    October 6, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Dude you are just crazy enough to believe!!! I am so glad you placed a comma in your sentence to let me in!

    Reply
  34. Dizz FPV says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    anyone can do this… they don't need this dude…

    Reply
  35. Letsmakethishappen says:
    October 6, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    psychopath and proud of himself

    Reply
  36. Socman86 says:
    October 6, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    Is it just me, or is this kid syndrome from the incredibles

    Reply
  37. akimotoxxx says:
    October 7, 2019 at 12:20 am

    no color in his company for sure

    Reply
  38. Pawix Jegons says:
    October 7, 2019 at 12:43 am

    Hope he releases skynet

    Reply
  39. david CHRISTIE says:
    October 7, 2019 at 1:38 am

    No respect for racists.

    Reply
  40. Petet Kobor says:
    October 7, 2019 at 2:45 am

    This Company is on the way up. Hugh potential world wide.

    Reply
  41. Token Gentile says:
    October 7, 2019 at 2:48 am

    Seems like an awesome dude taking on the liberal establishment but from an alt right perspective getting into the neo con military industry is only more of the same. No point to defend the borders if the enemy are already entrenched inside them.

    Reply
  42. Gokul Hari H says:
    October 7, 2019 at 2:53 am

    nice job of creating an unbiased video. China is growing because they have a lot of data to work with and study, data that is collected from their people. China has wide surveillance programs etc and publicly admits it as they state it for their safety…

    Reply
  43. Dan Odden says:
    October 7, 2019 at 4:01 am

    "Oh what's that? Your now destroyed several hundred dollar drone wasn't actually in our airspace but just a few feet off? And we destroyed it because we don't want you taking cool birds eye view shots of the area and not because it posed a threat to us because nobody is using drones as weapons? Oh well go buy another."

    Reply
  44. ry jo says:
    October 7, 2019 at 4:01 am

    Incredible technology

    Reply
  45. Dan Odden says:
    October 7, 2019 at 4:02 am

    Not that I had any from the start, but any respect I in theory would've had for this guy was lost when he started using a hoverboard.

    Reply
  46. - satori - says:
    October 7, 2019 at 5:05 am

    Defense matters. It's when you are most comfortable that you are most vulnerable.

    Reply
  47. Franco R says:
    October 7, 2019 at 5:36 am

    There were rumors that Carson Palmer and Andrew Luck became a gay married couple after playing for the Titans. The rumors are true and they had a son that became a Tech Titan.

    Reply
  48. Alex Shield says:
    October 7, 2019 at 5:39 am

    I would Love to work For this Guy.

    Reply
  49. Euphonik Prince says:
    October 7, 2019 at 5:41 am

    Once hackers get it, it will be a desgrace

    Reply
  50. sree hari says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:12 am

    "Hey This guy was fired from Facebook ."
    "See Nobody cares "

    Reply
  51. Julius Salovaara says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:21 am

    Bruh, Casey Neistay was born on 1981…

    Reply
  52. chaz Gurrero says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:31 am

    That is how government business should be done.

    Reply
  53. chaz Gurrero says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:31 am

    We want more of this.

    Reply
  54. Rene Aguilar says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:37 am

    Hope more silicon valley companies catch on and work more with the dod

    Reply
  55. Amoon RA says:
    October 7, 2019 at 7:03 am

    Nice. Can shot that libtard ass

    Reply
  56. George rr says:
    October 7, 2019 at 8:39 am

    Has he never heard of a C-RAM?

    Reply
  57. dumnibba says:
    October 7, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Hoverboard around the building?
    Air compressor to the face?
    What an asshole. I love this guy.

    Reply
  58. Chris says:
    October 7, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    Amazing, somebody running a tech company that's not a mindless, progressive, PC zombie.

    Reply
  59. Aryan Jew says:
    October 7, 2019 at 2:16 pm

    Never heard of the this guy before but I dislike him already

    Reply
  60. 3DM says:
    October 7, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    Defense is the most important thing a country could invest in. We should not let china beat us.

    Reply
  61. somehowanime anime says:
    October 7, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Tony stark fan

    Reply
  62. Bill Darnell says:
    October 7, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    Google is very bias . The are part of One World Order. If that ever happens, Google will be among the first to be taken over by them. They are too stupid to figure that one out.

    Reply
  63. Timothy Vaher says:
    October 7, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    Just love genius! Political opinions do not factor, nor count. Invest in this company.
    Jesus Saves.

    Reply
  64. Lukas Hebrank says:
    October 7, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    I watched the Video 25 sec. and i already didnt like palmer lucky

    Reply
  65. shuvo gamer says:
    October 7, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    😍😍😍👍👍👍👍

    Reply
  66. HeadLock says:
    October 7, 2019 at 9:08 pm

    Im not understanding you want to knockout drones that want to take scenic views.

    Reply
  67. ghostphoto says:
    October 7, 2019 at 9:16 pm

    Only a guy who's worth $700 million can get away with wearing that shirt and having that facial hair at work.

    Reply
  68. Lore Industries says:
    October 7, 2019 at 9:35 pm

    2029: Welcome to Drone Death Match 2029!!

    Reply
  69. West tv says:
    October 7, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    🐷🐷🐷💩💩💩💩💩💩

    Reply
  70. Tony Ray says:
    October 7, 2019 at 10:37 pm

    When did he come up with this idea? Because I've been trying to find somebody to build a drone killer that locks on to the signal of a drone that you can carry in your hand and I've been calling for it for over 5 years. If I knew how to build Electronics I would have already built it. The version I came up with has an EMP that it sets off when it attaches itself to the Drone. I never wanted to sell it to the government but give it to the people and show them how to build it themselves so that they can protect themselves from the government drones. I even laid out a design. I mentioned this on Facebook when I was still on there to some tech guys years ago. Never trust those who worship the government and money

    Reply
  71. Dexter Sullen 'TRUTH' says:
    October 7, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    So killer robots

    Reply
  72. Domz Vlog says:
    October 7, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    He just want to copy iron man. Defence defence bullshit.

    Reply
  73. Joe Om says:
    October 7, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    Love this guys. Hope he gets more contracts. This is a field the asian community here in the states has contributed heavily towards. Im very proud of the innovations and precedence they have created in such a short time frame. Its the next generational warfare. I hope they get their due as well.

    Reply
  74. Jon T says:
    October 7, 2019 at 11:44 pm

    Chin(k) from Asia here…..soon u will have drones killing drone killing drones robots killing drones…..and then one day u will have Armageddon drones,the cycle never ends…..

    Reply
  75. sexy monkey says:
    October 7, 2019 at 11:53 pm

    All i heard him say is money money money money… typical trump supporter fucken trashhh

    Reply
  76. Travis says:
    October 8, 2019 at 12:05 am

    That's why you shouldn't listen to critics, there is always against the grain…. My opinion is an Ethical Duty to MAKE THESE! Palmer did well, starting a new company to get sh$$ done to protect us 😀

    Reply
  77. sami amin says:
    October 8, 2019 at 12:24 am

    wonder how much adderall he takes

    Reply
  78. Siouan Soyaan says:
    October 8, 2019 at 2:12 am

    Most hated person in states in 2018

    Reply
  79. Joseph Charles Colin - The New Face of Art says:
    October 8, 2019 at 2:38 am

    Just deliver my dam pizza

    Reply
  80. Teufel Hunden says:
    October 8, 2019 at 5:16 am

    But there’s so many better ways to take out drones…

    Reply
  81. bro beats bank says:
    October 8, 2019 at 6:59 am

    Go to hell

    Reply
  82. Gap says:
    October 8, 2019 at 8:12 am

    Nobody walks in that company.

    Reply
  83. Kashif Imran says:
    October 8, 2019 at 8:56 am

    Crashing your drones into enemy drones is brute force method of solving the problem.
    Very inefficient and destined to fail.

    To sell this dumb technology and make money you have to make some public comments supporting the government in power to get the defence contracts.

    Reply
  84. KHENZY says:
    October 8, 2019 at 10:02 am

    Villain

    Reply
  85. Joshua Israel says:
    October 8, 2019 at 2:27 pm

    Did this guy became fat or something? Wasn't he like skinny…

    Reply
  86. Derek S says:
    October 8, 2019 at 5:25 pm

    Lucky: I wanna look cool for this interview

    Lucky's Goatee: nah fam lets get weird

    Reply
  87. kysterman says:
    October 8, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    I fail to see any use case, for such low tech solutions, beyond interception of consumer market drones.

    Reply
  88. Ricardo Freire says:
    October 8, 2019 at 9:04 pm

    Next GTA 6 character revelead

    Reply
  89. booss911 says:
    October 8, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    I love Oculus, but I fucking hate this guy and I don't know why. He looks and sound like very annoying person.

    Reply
  90. IM YOUR DAD says:
    October 9, 2019 at 12:31 am

    So much worse than nukes

    Reply
  91. Al Bundy says:
    October 9, 2019 at 12:36 am

    Last laugh

    Reply
  92. Sergio Rodriguez says:
    October 9, 2019 at 1:44 am

    Can't wait till I can get into a drone human size, so i can fly everywhere.

    Reply
  93. JohnnyMando92 says:
    October 9, 2019 at 2:01 am

    Lucky, the rest of SV wants you out. We don't need anymore techies, let alone more that get in bed with the gov.

    Reply
  94. random dude says:
    October 9, 2019 at 2:23 am

    Perfect. I was thinking about this

    Reply
  95. splugereport says:
    October 9, 2019 at 2:36 am

    Such a punchable face? Try hitting an fpv drone. Lol

    Reply
  96. Purushoth Pathmarajah says:
    October 9, 2019 at 6:52 am

    Dude I always thought real life rich supervillains would be like Lex Luthor, not some nerd who names his company after a sword from LOTR.

    Reply
  97. reclining neck beard EJ says:
    October 9, 2019 at 8:23 am

    I don't like the thing your making; you remind me of a drug addict except your drug is money (neoliberal.)

    Reply
  98. Din Zaf says:
    October 9, 2019 at 10:05 am

    Why the hell does this guy looks like he is going to be a evil genius,mad scientist or criminal mastermind that wants to conquer the world some point like the way he talks and his hairstyle makes me think of that

    Reply
  99. Raksaksa78 says:
    October 9, 2019 at 10:58 am

    Now we need EMP weapons to counter these drones.

    Reply
  100. st0rmr1der7 says:
    October 9, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    very interesting company / problem area — utter rubbish reporting

    Reply

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