Palmer Luckey Announces Genetically Engineered War Dog Venture and Criticizes H-1B Visa Program
Photo: Mother JonesAnduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and Colossal founder Ben Lamm announced Warhound on Thursday, a startup that has raised $200 million in seed funding to create genetically engineered "war dogs" for the US military. Investors include 8VC, the firm of Joe Lonsdale, which shares leadership with Palantir, and In-Q-Tel, a venture firm founded by the CIA. Lamm has spent several years saying Colossal will bring back extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth. Separately, Luckey wrote in a post on X that the H-1B visa program is a sham. He said many H-1B workers do not meet the statutory requirements, and he praised visa reforms pushed by Vice President JD Vance. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies said Luckey's comments give the media a news hook to examine white-collar outsourcing. Kevin Lynn, founder of a pro-professional advocacy group, said they normalize the conversation about employment visas.
Breitbart, on the right, leads with the H-1B comments. It quotes Luckey's post, relays Krikorian's and Lynn's views, and notes that Luckey does not oppose migration. The excerpt does not mention Warhound. Mother Jones, on the left, leads with Warhound in a sardonic tone, tying it to wealthy people's taste for designer dogs. It describes the investors as far-right, links Luckey to former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his brother-in-law, and says nothing about H-1B visas in the excerpt. The two outlets do not contradict each other on facts. They cover different Luckey stories, one on a defense-technology venture and the other on immigration policy. Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and right-leaning outlets had.
How the sides differ Left sources focus on Luckey's Warhound dog startup and its investors; right sources focus on his H-1B comments; alternative sources have not covered it.
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Mother Jones leads with the Warhound announcement, the $200 million in seed funding and the investors. It uses a mocking tone about designer dogs and highlights Luckey's links to Gaetz and to Lonsdale and Thiel-connected firms.
Not covering this story. None of the alternative or independent outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
Breitbart leads with Luckey's X post calling the H-1B program a sham and praising Vance's visa reforms. It features Luckey, Mark Krikorian and Kevin Lynn, and leaves out Warhound.