Company will produce genetically enhanced working dogs that leverage cybernetics technology to improve health and performance while ending reliance on foreign suppliers DALLAS and COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Warhound, a new defense technology company conceived by American technology entrepreneurs Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey emerged from stealth with a $200 million seed round.

Warhound will rebuild America's domestic supply of elite working dogs for U.S. military forces, law-enforcement, emergency first response teams-a critical national security resource that the U.S. has long relied on foreign countries to provide.

Led by CEO David Spirk, the company will reduce dependence on a shrinking European supply chain and strengthen America's ability to protect its own people, infrastructure, and national security interests.