They announced its emergence from stealth as Warhound, armed with $200 million in funding from investors including In-Q-Tel, Sequoia, and 8VC. The round values the company at $1.2 billion. Palmer Luckey thinks they can make 600 pound Wolves that wear 150 pounds of armor.

Warhound will have dogs could be enhanced for health, longevity, and "for things like speed and agility or enhance olfactory sensors for bomb sniffing and whatnot," he said. His team looked at the top-performing working dog breeds — the Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd — taking the cell lines from them and putting them in a biobank. From there, they will edit the genes, adding the ones that will make the dogs perform better while taking out the ones that won't, to create "a new type of dog."

As of mid-October 2026, the Colossal Biosciences "dire wolves" (Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi) are essentially full-grown or very close to it.They are about 134 pounds and 7 feet long.

Current sizes (from their second-birthday/year-2 checkups)

Romulus (male, born Oct 1, 2024): 134 pounds (~61 kg), nearly 7 feet from nose to tail.
Remus (male, born Oct 1, 2024): 132 pounds (~60 kg), also nearly 7 feet from nose to tail.
Khaleesi (female, born Jan 30, 2025): 102 pounds (~46 kg). She is still a bit younger and is expected to stay roughly 20% smaller than her brothers (normal sexual dimorphism).

Andruil, meanwhile, will provide software and hardware enhancement for items such as dog protection vests and eye goggles to assist the dogs and their handlers with matters like situational awareness and coordination.

He said to imagine, for example, bulletproof vests that have data sensors

The dogs will perform tasks that are dangerous for humans or difficult for machines, like bomb detection, searches, and other specialized operations. In its launch announcement, the company said that more than 80% of the working dogs used by the U.S. military come from Europe and less than half of them are fit for service.