Roadrunner
product on 7 shows · 7 statements across 5 episodes · said 25 times in 8 episodes since 2024
American Optimist 10 
Latent Space 5 
the a16z Podcast 3 
All-In 2 
TBPN 2 
Sourcery 1 
20VC
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Anduril took 24 months from concept to fielding Roadrunner
“Roadrunner was, I think, 24 months from, like, a back of a napkin drawing to a fielded system.”
Steckman: Anduril spent over $100M developing Roadrunner before generating revenue
“So Roadrunner is a moderately sized air defense kinetic intercept system. And that's, you're over a hundred million easily before you're generating revenue.”
Mirzadegan: Roadrunner has a two-year window to beat Salesforce
“And so we basically have a two year window where we have to beat them to the punch.”
Mirzadegan: Startups should stress-test data models with complex design partners
“What you want are the hairiest design partners that have every SKU, hardware, software, SAS, consumption, Like, you want the mess to throw that at your data model to make sure that nothing tips it over”
Lowery: HPM-equipped Roadrunner could take down 10 drones per flight and recover
“So even though, ah, HPM systems are relatively expensive compared to a 30,000 dollar drone, you can actually take down maybe 10 drones a flight and then re-land and, ah, recover with a Roadrunner.”
Anduril fielded its first weapon system in under two years
“It was just like under two years from when we started from Never having done a weapons program to having a fielded weapon capability”