Warhound comes out of stealth with $200 million and a plan that includes Anduril gear

Warhound came out of stealth on Thursday with $200 million from investors including Sequoia, 8VC, Corner Ventures and In-Q-Tel, at a $1.2 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported. Colossal Biosciences chief executive Ben Lamm and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey are behind the company. Anduril is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The dogs Warhound describes do not exist yet. The company says they would take on bomb detection, searches and other work that is dangerous for people or difficult for machines, and that they would carry Anduril equipment.

Lamm told TechCrunch he met Luckey about a year ago at a conference where Luckey said more should be done for the military's working dogs. Warhound said more than 80 percent of U.S. military working dogs come from Europe and fewer than half are fit for service. Lamm said many dogs fail training because of inherited problems including poor eyesight, cancer risk, hip dysplasia or muscle atrophy.