Seed · Defense tech

Warhound launches with $200 million seed round

The Texas company is developing a domestic supply of working dogs for military and emergency-response customers.

Warhound announced a $200 million seed financing on October 22. Backers include In-Q-Tel, Sequoia Capital, ARK Invest, Franklin Templeton, 8VC and Lux Capital.

The company plans to combine biotechnology licensed from Colossal Biosciences with training and equipment from Anduril. David Spirk is CEO.

Use of funds

Develop a domestic working-dog supply and training programme

Funding history

Seed · This round$200M

Sources

  1. Warhound launches with USD200 millionprnewswire.com · Oct 22, 2026