Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey became a billionaire at age 21 Then Facebook fired him So he sued won $100million and then built a defense ANDURIL now worth $30.5billion how we did it was homeschooled in Long Beach California and as a teenager he built railguns lasers in his garage And in 19 he built Oculus his parent's driveway Mark Zuckerberg showed up tried the headset couple days the company for $2billion Palmer making him the youngest But in 2016 a political controversy Facebook from his own So Palmer sued him away with an $100million settlement away Angry Rich Ready to Build He wanted to replace every single defense contractor with autonomous AI powered weapons built by a tech startup So in 2017 him and four co-founders built Palmer He wanted to build with venture capital first prove it works then go to The Pentagon They launched with Peter Thiel's backing and no Pentagon credibility They just put their systems and let them prove themselves and that they sure did In 2018 their autonomous caught 55 attempted border crossings in the first 12 days Then by 2020 they got a $967million Air Force contract and to 2025 Microsoft's $22billion military headset Key Details of the June 2025 Funding Round: Total Raised: $2.5 billion (Series G). Valuation: $30.5 billion. Lead Investor: Founders Fund ($1 billion). Purpose: The funds are intended to increase capacity for manufacturing, production, and software development for autonomous systems. Fast forward to June 2025 and they raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation more than doubling in just ten months He's now worth $3.5 billion at age 33 wearin Hawaiian shirts meetings what he and this is doing is so important that he actually got sanctioned by China He went from a fired Facebook employee to one of the most important defense contractors in only 8 years tag someone this story to hear comments What impressed you most