India, Oct. 26 -- A new US defence startup called Warhound wants to use cloning and genetic engineering to produce better military working dogs - and it has already raised $200 million in its seed round. Warhound is the brainchild of Palmer Luckey, founder of American military technology company Anduril, and Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences - the startup that made headlines for bringing back the dire wolf from extinction in 2025.

Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey have now teamed up to tackle the problem of American military dogs.

According to a Fortune magazine report, the US relies heavily on Europe to supply military dogs. Military working dogs are used for tasks such as detecting explosives, searching for people and help...