Defense technology has graduated from Silicon Valley side project to one of the most aggressive funding categories in venture capital, and Anduril Industries is the clearest example. The autonomous systems and battlefield software firm raised $5 billion earlier this month at a $61 billion valuation, in a round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The deal cements Anduril as one of the highest-valued private defense companies in the world. The Costa Mesa-based startu