Trae Stephens
Executive Chairman & Co-founder
About
Trae Stephens is co-founder and executive chairman of Anduril Industries and a partner at Founders Fund, where he has been one of the most consequential defense-tech investors of the past decade. He studied Arabic and Security Studies at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, joining the U.S. intelligence community after September 11 motivated him toward national security. In 2008 he became one of Palantir's earliest employees, leading defense and intelligence business development and international expansion. Peter Thiel pulled him to Founders Fund in 2014, and three years later he and Palmer Luckey teamed up to start Anduril on the thesis that defense procurement was overdue for a Silicon Valley-style rebuild.
Previous roles
- Partner, Founders Fund (2014-present)
- Early employee, Palantir Technologies (2008-2014)
Notable work
- Study member and named contributor to the Defense Innovation Board's 2019 report Software Is Never Done: Refactoring the Acquisition Code for Competitive Advantage.
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