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Promising pitch, plenty of unanswered questions about the dogs.

Warhound

Military working dogs charge into places the rest of us would flee. So, I understand why anyone would want to breed tougher, healthier dogs for the job.

Warhound , a new startup from Colossal Biosciences co-founder Ben Lamm and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey, has stepped out of stealth with $200 million to clone and gene-edit working dogs for American troops, police departments, and emergency services (via TechCrunch ).

A really great perspective from a journalist who was actually part of the working dog program on various problems that have existed for decades and how WARHOUND can help solve these problems while also helping the animal health aspects of the programs while ensuring less dogs… https://t.co/vUhscciGA6

— Ben Lamm (@BenLamm) October 23, 2026

Why does the military want engineered dogs?

Warhound’s pitch starts with a supply problem.

It says roughly 80% of the military’s working dogs are…