Defense contractor Anduril Industries is expanding in Seattle, with hiring plans to fill out what it calls its connected warfare headquarters.
After installing a small office in Seattle about six years ago, the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based company has expanded into Bellevue and Seattle’s ship canal, pumping millions of dollars into the region as it develops and sells its autonomous weapons technology to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Anduril, which was recently valued at $61 billion, was funded early on by the Founders Fund, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel. Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook, and a backer of Vice President JD Vance’s 2022 senatorial campaign…