Anduril: How a 20-Person Startup Disrupted Defense Tech
This article recounts Anduril's explosive growth from a 20-person startup to a $28 billion company with 4,000 employees. The author, Anduril's former SVP of Engineering, details the company's rapid success through a combination of speed, first-principles thinking, ownership, simplicity, and deployment focus. Anduril's rapid iteration and bold experimentation led to disruptive defense products like the low-cost Anvil counter-drone system and the high-performance Bolt loitering munition, securing multi-billion dollar contracts. The article also highlights Anduril's unique culture, emphasizing technical excellence, product-centric thinking, and a highly efficient organizational structure that transformed ambitious ideas into deployable products.