# Collin Rugg on Silicon Valley: “Warhound, a defense‑tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey an…”

> Warhound, a defense‑tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, has raised $200 million in seed funding to genet… — 5.5K likes, 533 reposts on X.

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-25
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- **Author:** @CollinRugg
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- **Rank today:** #6 of 14
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23 14:18 UTC

Warhound, a defense‑tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, has raised $200 million in seed funding to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military. Lamm is responsible for the de-extinction of the dire wolf which died out ~10,000 years ago. Warhound will find top dogs and then biobank their genetic material before cloning the proven dogs. The company will take the cell lines for top breeds like Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd before editing the genes to make the dogs perform better and improve “things like speed and agility or enhance olfactory …

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## Sources

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