Founder Profile
Matt Grimm
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Matt Grimm?
Matt Grimm is a founder of Anduril Industries, Inc., which was founded in 2017 with Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens and Joe Chen.
- Company founded
- Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Founded
- 2017
- Co-founders
- Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens and Joe Chen
Background
Matt Grimm studied at Cornell University and worked in operational and investment roles at Palantir Technologies and Mithril Capital Management, where he handled complex software deployments and the practicalities of selling to defense and intelligence customers.
Founding Story
Matt Grimm is a co-founder and the chief operating officer of Anduril Industries, responsible for operations, supply chain and facilities. He joined Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens and Brian Schimpf in 2017 and has spent the years since turning engineering output into delivered hardware: sentry towers for Customs and Border Protection, interceptors and drones for US and allied forces, and the manufacturing build-out that runs from Costa Mesa to Arsenal-1 in Ohio and the Ghost Shark factory in Sydney. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- CNBC: Anduril doubles valuation to $61 billion in $5 billion funding round (Anduril Industries, Inc.)
- CNBC: Anduril in talks to raise at a $28 billion valuation, with 2024 revenue of about $1 billion (Anduril Industries, Inc.)