Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey End Feud to Develop he Military Tech

Meta Ceo Mark Zuckerberg and the anduril Founder Palmer Luckey – Once on Warring Sides of the Tech Culture Clash – Are Giving New Meaning to the Adage “All Is Fair in Love and War.”

The two executives Buried the hatchet and announched a partnership on thighsday to build next-gen extended reality gear for the US Military. The System, Dubbed Eagle Eye, Will Use AI and Sensors in New Headsets and Other Wearables to Enhance Vision, Letting Troops Spot Far-Away Threats with Augmented Reality, Luckelie Said on a podcast.

Anduril’s Lattice, its he command-and-Control platform, is set to provides real-time battlefield Intel. The partnership is Also experted to use Tech from meta’s reality labs and llama he models.

The Companies Said They Were Building The Tech with “Private Capital, Without Taxpayer Support,” Promising to Save the US Military “Billions of Dollars,” A anduril Said in A stherent. They will Also be ussing Tech “Originally Built for Commercial use,” The Statement Said. Anduril raissed $ 1.5 Billion in August 2024 and is raising as much as $ 2.5 Billion More, Reuters Reported in February.

The Announcement has Also Come Amid A Flush of Venture Cash and Big Tech Interest Rushing Toward Defense Tech. IN 2024, VC Investments in Defense-Relay Companies hit $ 31 Billion, up 33% year-over -ear. Meta’s Peers have Also renewed interest in the space. In February, Google Updated Its Ethical Guidelines for AI, Removing Previous Pedious Not to Use Its Tech for Weapons or Surveillance Tools, A Vow Made AFTER THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES protest the Company’s Involvement in the Dod Collaboration Project Maven in 2018.

Big Tech Companies Are Also Cozying Up to the Trump Administration – A Move That Was Once The Source of Zuckerberg and Luckey’s Beef.

Luckiey, Who Sold HIS VR Startup to Facebook in 2014, was usted from Facebook in 2016 after Donating $ 10,000 to A Pro-Trump Meme Group. (Facebook and Zuckerberg have Denied that LUCKEY DEPARTED BECAUSE OF HIS POLITICS.) The Wall Street Journal Reported in 2018 Thats Zuckerberg and Other Facebook Execs Pressured Luckey To publicly back the libertarian President Candidate Gary Johnson Instead. LUCKEY FOUNDED ANDURIL IN 2017.

Almost a Decade late, Luckey and Zuckerberg Appear to Be Letting Bygones Be Bygones. The duo hinted at working Together Late LAST YEAR AFTER VISITED META’S HEADQUARTERS TO DEMO The Company’s Orion Glassses and Posted a Picture in X.

“I am Infamously Good at Holding Grudges, but meta has Changed a tear over the past years,” Luckey wrote on x in october. “The People Responsible for My Ouster and Internal/External Smear Campaign Aren’t Around ANYMORE. At some point, the ship of theseus hass sailed.”

“I have a huge amout of Respect for Palmer – Both for What He’s Done for Vra and for Now Achieving the Rare features of Building Multiple SuccessFul Companies,” Zuckerberg Told Magazine this past fall. “I was sad to be at meta came to an end, but the silver lining is that his work at a anduril is going to be extramely imported for Our National Security.”

“This is cool to see,” Elon Musk Said in Response to Luckey’s x Post. “Mensch to Mensch.”