Anduril builds Pentagon weapons under a name coined by a man who hated war.
Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook and left in 2017. He started a defense company building AI drones and surveillance towers for the Pentagon, and named it Anduril, after the sword Aragorn carries in The Lord of the Rings. Critics found the name tasteless, given Tolkien’s hatred of war.
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