Episode Details

Matt Grimm, Co-Founder & COO of Anduril, walks us through Anduril’s headquarters in Costa Mesa—a rare, and possibly first look, inside the physical systems that turn ideas into fielded products. We tour Building A, a 200,000 sq ft R&D facility with machine shop, composites, metrology, electronic warfare test environments, and a dev-test area designed to “break things” so the team can iterate faster.

Grimm explains how Anduril scaled from a ~5,000 sq ft former lost-luggage garage (with mold and no bathroom) to a global footprint of ~7,000 employees and roughly 34–35 offices, while ramping production and operations. We also get hands-on with key systems and platforms, including the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) autonomous submarine program and Anduril’s distributed compute and command-and-control stack: Menace & Titan (in partnership with Palantir).

As COO, Grimm also lays out how the co-founders divide responsibilities at scale: Palmer Luckey drives new product concepts & CONOPS while serving as Anduril’s most visible public figure; Brian Schimpf, as CEO, sets strategy & evaluates global defense programs & timing; Trae Stephens leads investor relations & owns marketing and design (Ohio State, NASCAR); & Matt Grimm runs the operational core, from facilities & security to supply chain, production, logistics, & sustainment.

This is Part 2 of 4 of our interview series with Anduril’s Founders, in addition to our compiled video, check them all out!

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