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安杜里尔洽谈以约900亿美元估值出售内部股份Anduril in Talks to Sell Insider Shares at Roughly $90 Billion Valuation

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根据熟悉情况且要求匿名的知情人士透露,Industries Inc. 正允许员工通过一项要约收购出售股份,该要约收购将使这家国防技术初创公司的估值达到约 900 亿美元。知情人士称,该要约收购将让员工有机会以每股 94.80 美元的价格出售股份,要约收购的总规模上限约为 13 亿美元。其中一位知情人士表示,要约收购于 10 月 13 日开启,将于 11 月 9 日截止。Anduril 的代表拒绝置评。

Industries Inc. is allowing employees to sell shares as part of a tender that stands to value the defense technology startup at roughly $90 billion, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. The tender would give employees the chance to sell shares at $94.80 each, with the overall size of the offer capped at about $1.3 billion, according to people briefed on the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private details. The tender offer opened on Oct. 13 and is set to close Nov. 9, one of the people said. A representative for Anduril declined to comment.

Anduril Industries首席执行官布莱恩·辛普夫。摄影师:何塞·萨门托·马托斯/彭博社Brian Schimpf, chief executive officer of Anduril Industries. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg

Anduril 已是全球估值最高的国防技术初创公司之一,由亿万富翁企业家帕尔默·拉基于 2017 年共同创立,为国防提供一系列人工智能驱动的产品,包括无人战斗机、自主软件、监控工具以及军用增强现实头盔。该公司在 5 月的一轮融资中估值翻倍至 610 亿美元,全球各国政府正向升级战争能力的工作注入资金。

Anduril, already among the most valuable defense tech startups in the world, was co-founded in 2017 by the billionaire entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and supplies a range of AI-powered products for defense including unmanned fighter aircraft and autonomy software, surveillance tools and augmented reality helmets for the military. Its valuation doubled to $61 billion in a May funding round with governments around the world pouring money into efforts to upgrade their warfare capabilities.

该公司拥有美国国防部作为其最大客户之一,去年营收达 22 亿美元。

The company, which counts the US Defense Department among its largest customers, generated $2.2 billion in revenue last year.

这家国防技术公司定期为员工举办要约收购,这是初创公司延长私有化时期以向员工提供流动性的一种日益常见的方式。根据一位知情人士的说法,Anduril 首次将此次要约收购向 16 个国家的员工开放。该知情人士此前表示,以往的要约收购仅限于美国、英国和澳大利亚的员工参与。

The defense tech company has regularly held tenders for employees, an increasingly common way for startups staying private longer to give workers liquidity. Anduril is making the latest tender offer available to employees in 16 countries for the first time, according one of the people briefed on the matter. In previous tenders, employees in the US, UK and Australia were eligible to participate, the person said.

一位知情人士称,此次要约收购面向 Anduril 的现任和前员工开放。

The tender is open to current and former Anduril employees, one of the people briefed on the matter said.

在5月的融资轮中,Anduril在Thrive Capital和Andreessen Horowitz领投的融资轮中筹集了50亿美元。Founders Fund也是该公司的重要支持者,其合伙人中包括Anduril联合创始人Trae Stephens。

In the May fundraising round, Anduril raised $5 billion in a round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Founders Fund is also a big backer of the company and counts Anduril co-founder Trae Stephens among its partners.