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.@kwharrison13 of @contrary says the first customer of Anduril’s first product, Sentry Tower, wasn’t the government. It was a private ranch owner who wanted to monitor drug traffickers crossing his land: "There was a contractor who originally had a contract in the early 2000s with border control to build these digital fences to be able to observe and monitor the border." "They said, 'We think this is going to cost $5B to $10B, take 15 years, and it probably defies the laws of physics and we can't do it.'" "Eventually they said, 'Sorry, the military is trying to get us to break the laws of physics and we can't do it. No one could do it.'" "Then the Anduril team comes along and says, 'You don't need to reinvent sensors and cameras and batteries from scratch. Let's get cameras and sensors and batteries, build a pack, and put it on a stick on the southern border.'" "Originally, it was a private citizen just paying to put up these towers so they could demonstrate it." "Eventually Homeland Security became a large customer of the Sentry Tower."