Anduril raises $5B at $61B valuation as defense tech becomes core AI-industrial play

The post a16z emerges as big spender, directing cash into Anduril, US mid-terms appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Rather than wait for the regulatory environment to shape itself, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has gotten directly involved in funding AI technology, lobbying for the rules, and helping choose the people who write them.  On the same day that reports surfaced that a16z had become the largest donor in the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle, AI defense technology Anduril also revealed that it received billions in investments from the firm.  $115 million in political donations from a16z Andreessen Horowitz’s checkbook (a16z) has been busy as one of the largest political donors of the 2026 midterms, also confirmed a massive investment into defense tech company Anduril. The company’s autonomous weapons factory is now operational in Ohio. Cryptopolitan reported that the firm’s crypto division announced its fifth fund earlier in May, raising $2.2 billion for Web3 startups. Through th

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation — double its previous valuation — as defense-tech startups haul in record amounts of venture cash.

Insider Brief Defense technology company Anduril Industries has raised $5 billion in a Series H funding round to expand manufacturing capacity and autonomous defense systems development. In a website post, CEO Brian Schimpf noted the company the latest funding round, led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, puts the company’s valuation at $61 billion and […]

The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.

Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.