Person
Trae Stephens
Co-founder and executive chairman of Anduril Industries and a partner at venture firm Founders Fund; previously at Palantir Technologies.
American · 1 current role · 1 founding
Physical AI footprint (8)
The physical AI companies Trae is connected to that DEPLOY verifies. The full record is one click away.
- Founder
American defense-technology company (Costa Mesa, founded 2017 by [Palmer Luckey](/people/palmer-luckey), [Brian Schimpf](/people/brian-schimpf), and others) bui
Series H · $5B9 verified deployments · Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) at Pickaway County, Ohio, USA →7 models - Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Hadrian Automation is an American defense manufacturing company that designs and operates AI-powered, software-driven factories for precision components serving
- Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Cobalt AI is a San Francisco-based indoor security robotics company founded in 2016 by Dr.
- Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
American advanced manufacturing startup founded by Chris Power in 2021.
- Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
[Construction](/companies/construction-robotics)-robotics company (San Francisco) making the Exosystem heavy-equipment autonomy kit and the RPD 35 autonomous so
- Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Wall-climbing [Inspection](/companies/inspection-robotics) robots for infrastructure.
Growth Round (2025) · $125M1 model - Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Cognition is an applied AI lab behind Devin, an AI software engineer.
Growth round (Sep 2025) · $400M - Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Crusoe started in 2018 as a flare-gas-to-bitcoin outfit in the Bakken and pivoted, at speed, into one of the most consequential builders of AI training capacity
Series A · $30M
and 10 more physical AI companies Trae is connected to.
Current roles (1)
- Anduril Industries Co-founder & Executive ChairmanSecondary-verified
Foundings (1)
- Anduril Industriesfounded 2017-01-01cofounder
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Co-founders (4)
- Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries2017-01-01
- Brian Schimpf co-founded Anduril Industries2017-01-01
- Matt Grimm co-founded Anduril Industries2017-01-01
- Joe Chen co-founded Anduril Industries2017-01-01
Board seats (1)
- Anduril Industries chair
Investor roles (1)
- Founders Fund partner(venture)
Sources (1)
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