Another year, another massive influx of capital for Anduril: The funding round that was rumored to be in process in March has officially closed. Anduril has raised a $5 billion Series H round at a $61 billion valuation, led by returning investors Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, the company announced Wednesday. This is more than double the valuation it landed just under a year ago, when it raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation led by Founders Fund. (Founder's Fund invested a $1 billion check, the largest check it has ever written, it told TechCrunch at the time.) Shield AI, another U.S. drone company, recently had its software selected by the Air Force to work with Anduril's 'Fury' autonomous fighter jet, rather than granting the whole hardware and software contract to either one of them. In May it announced it was part of a contract with others to develop a space-based 'golden dome' defensive system ' a missile defense shield designed to protect the continental...
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