Anduril-CEO Schimpf: van woestijnstartup tot defensietechbedrijf

Brian Schimpf, CEO and cofounder of defense technology company Anduril, has been instrumental in building the firm since its inception in 2017, though he has remained less publicly visible than cofounder Palmer Luckey. The company, now valued at $30.5 billion, developed autonomous solar-powered surveillance towers called Sentry towers, with Schimpf leading engineering efforts from the company's early days in the California desert. In a recent extensive interview with Fortune, Schimpf discussed Anduril's growth, its increasing Pentagon presence, criticisms of drone performance in Ukraine, and