Today’s Talent Pool

Anduril, the defense tech giant led by Palmer Luckey, is raising around $4 billion at a $60 billion valuation led by a16z and Thrive Capital, Axios has learned from multiple sources.

  1. Jadon Smith in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: Principal Engineer @ Anduril (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO @ Mach Industries ($185M from Khosla, Bedrock, Sequoia), Co-Founder @ Arrivo (backed by Wavemaker), Propulsion Eng @ Lockheed Martin, Weapons Intelligence Analyst @ CIA, Stanford MS, MIT BS

    3. Description: Stealth since 9/24

  2. Xerxes Libsch in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief Engineer / Lead Architect @ Anduril (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Robotics Engineer of Autonomous Vehicles @ Uber ATG, Robotics @ Neuralink, Race Engineer @ Arrow McLaren IndyCar

    3. Description: “Drones that do crazy things”

  3. Mohith Mothukuri in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Senior Mechatronics Engineer @ Anduril (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding MTS @ Physical Intelligence ($1B from Thrive, Lux, Sequoia, Khosla, Index), Spacecraft Engineer Intern @ Varda Space, Managing Partner @ Rough Draft Ventures, Engineering Fellow @ 8VC

    3. Description: Left Physical Intelligence in 2025 with no updates

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  4. Curt von Badinski in LA (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief Architect @ Anduril (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Motiv Inc ($24M from KP —> acquired by Proxy), Venture Founder @ Eclipse, Sr. HW Dev Engineer @ Amazon Project Kuiper, Sr. ME @ Facebook

    3. Description: Left Anduril on 11/24 with no updates

  5. Tyler Dorn in Seattle (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Engineering Director, C2 Platform @ Anduril (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Square, SWE @ Amazon

    3. Description: Left Anduril on 1/26 with no updates

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  6. Andrew Hoff in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director, Software Engineering @ Anduril (5.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Two Sigma, SWE @ SpaceX

    3. Description: Stealth since 11/25

  7. Kevin Su in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE @ Anduril (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Engineering @ Vultron, Cornell BS

    3. Description: Stealth since 2025

  8. Pavlo Holoversa in Atlanta (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Anduril (7 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Mechanical Engineering @ Mach Industries, ME @ Area-I (acquired by Anduril)

    3. Description: Left Mach on on 1/26 with no updates

  9. Andrew Van Timmeren in Michigan (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director, Air Dominance Systems @ Anduril (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: VP @ Blue Force Technologies, F-22 Pilot @ USAF, Executive MBA @ Michigan Ross

    3. Description: “Spinning up something new in commercial and military tech.”

  10. Sam Weintraub in Dallas (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Robotics Software @ Anduril (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ UNION ($50M raised)

    3. Description: Left UNION on 2/26 with no updates

  11. Akash C. in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Mechanical Engineering Design Intern @ Anduril (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: 3rd Eng @ Vivodyne ($120M from Khosla, Kairos, MBX), Venture Partner @ Contrary, Intern @ SpaceX, Tesla, Boring Company

    3. Description: Left Vivodyne 12/25 with no updates

  12. Kevin Silmore in Boston (Stealth)

    1. Role: Perception SWE @ Anduril (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Graduate Researcher @ MIT, Visiting Fellow @ Oak Ridge National Lab, Research Assistant @ Princeton

    3. Description: Stealth since 10/25

  13. Ryan Yue in US (Co-Founder @ Blocksight)

    1. Role: SWE @ Anduril (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Vanta, SWE @ Skiff (FTE #6 —> acquired by Notion)

    3. Description: “Blocksight is a token intelligence and management platform for teams launching or managing tokens”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  14. Sam Sipe in DC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Senior Mission SWE @ Anduril (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Engineering, Public Sector @ Scale AI, Head of Engineering @ Arbor, Lead Cloud Engineer @ AirIn Technologies, Naval Aviator @ US Navy (E-2D Hawkeye)

    3. Description: Stealth since 5/25

    4. Contact: Site

  15. Raymond Chen in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Engineer @ Anduril (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Engineer @ Retool, Engineer @ Meta, Investor @ Dorm Room Fund, Duke CS

    3. Description: "Building personal AI”

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter

  16. Kratik Agrawal in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: MLE @ Anduril (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SPC Member, Builder @ Reevo, SWE @ Verkada, SWE @ Google

    3. Description: “I'm building on the frontier of AI commerce — helping brands build native AI experiences that actually feel like them”

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter, [email protected]

  17. Rohan Macherla in DC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Special Projects @ Anduril (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: IB @ Goldman Sachs, Lead Researcher @ Columbia Economic Complexity Lab

    3. Description: Left Anduril in 2026 with no updates.

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  18. Luke Malcolm in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: Propulsion Design Engineer @ Anduril (1.5 yrs)

    2. Description: “Next-generation power turbines.” Co-founding with George Kitromelides (#19).

  19. George Kitromelides in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: Propulsion Performance Manager @ Anduril (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Aerospace Engineer @ Williams International

    3. Description: “Next-generation power turbines.” Co-founding with Luke Malcolm (#18).

  20. Nermin Mujcinovic in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: Engineering @ Anduril (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr. Engineering Manager @ ChargePoint, Optical/Mechanical Engineering Manager @ NIO, Sr. Design Engineer @ Tesla

    3. Description: Stealth since 10/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

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