Silicon Valley Building Genetically Engineered War Dogs

Warhound, a newly launched American company, wants to clone dogs used by military and law-enforcement organisations.

The company emerged from stealth in October with $200 million in seed funding.

The project was conceived by technology entrepreneurs Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey and is led by chief executive David Spirk.

Its stated ambition is to rebuild America’s domestic supply of elite working dogs by combining advanced genetics with defence technology.

“For generations, working dogs have protected America’s police officers, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams, and warfighters. Warhound is developing technology to advance their health, safety, and performance, combining licensed technology from Colossal Biosciences and Anduril,” it said.

Lamm is currently reviving extinct species like the woolly mammoth and created hybridized “dire wolves” using gray wolf cells and ancient DNA, with his de-extinction startup Colossal.

Dire wolves went extinct roughly 10,000 years ago.

Warhound plans to use genetic research and cloning techniques associated with Colossal Biosciences alongside equipment and software developed by defence technology company Anduril.

Warhound has already biobanked the genetic material from a group of elite service dogs.

Lamm told Wired that the breeds will be “mostly Belgian Malinois, some labs, and some shepherds,” he says. The company anticipates the first round of puppies to be born in early 2027.

Hope they don’t get advice from XL bully breeders!