Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear

Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Andruil’s Palmer Luckey had an idea to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement, and other emergency response teams. That idea, on Thursday, announced its emergence from stealth as Warhound, armed with $200 million in funding from investors including In-Q-Tel, Sequoia, and 8VC. The round values the company at $1.2 billion.

These are dogs that perform tasks that are dangerous for humans or difficult for machines, like bomb detection, searches, and other…