US military hardware maker Anduril's founder Palmer Luckey on possibility of American-made PCs: ‘I think there's a chance…'
US military hardware
maker
Anduril
's founder,
Palmer Luckey
, has recently teased the possibility of the company producing
American-made PCs
. This week, while talking at the 'Reindustrialize Summit' in Detroit, US, Luckey said,
'I think there's a chance that it's going to be Anduril.'
He also noted that conversations about this PC-making initiative began years ago. He added that Anduril has engaged with
'everyone you would need to have to do that,'
including individuals
"on the chip side, on the assembly side, on the manufacturing side."
Despite these discussions, Luckey is not entirely committed to the effort as he also told the audience that
"there are some things Anduril has to do,"
while
"there are other things we'd rather have other people do. This is something I'd rather have other people do."
However, he didn't share a potential name for the computer but suggested that it would be
"pro-American, and also a gambling reference."
It's important to note that the concept of American-made computers is not new. For example, PC manufacturer Dell operated several manufacturing plants across the US before closing its North Carolina plant in 2009 and shifting to an international manufacturing partner in Poland.
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At the event, Luckey spoke to the audience both virtually and through a humanoid robot developed by a company named Foundation. Sharing a post on X, he wrote:
"I finally pulled off my long-standing goal of speaking at a conference via VR telerobotics! Thousands of miles of travel saved, and no chance of Luigi."
He clarified that Anduril does not plan to create its own humanoid robot as well:
'We're going to partner with other companies where it makes sense.'
Founded by Luckey in 2017, Anduril develops US military hardware such as drones, underwater submersibles, and an
AI-driven software
platform called Lattice.
The company is also collaborating with Meta on extended reality headsets and other wearable devices for military use—a partnership which was announced in May.
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