Led the DoD presidential-transition effort (clearance reciprocity + access to classified procurement on autonomous systems and border tech), then co-founded Anduril in 2017 — pursuing exactly those areas. 18 U.S.C. §207 barred direct DoD lobbying until late 2017/early 2018, coinciding with Anduril’s founding window. (Public records cannot confirm whether transition knowledge was leveraged — the sequence is the finding.)
No statutory-violation flags recorded against this transition.
No other documented transitions on file for this entity.
Open the Trae Stephens dossier for connections, donations, and other ledger rows on the same entity. Open the Anduril Industries dossier for everyone else who's revolved through that destination.
https://www.goblinhouse.net/revolving-door/24Goblin House. "Trae Stephens: prior employer → Anduril Industries" (revolving-door transition). Goblin House — The Architecture of Secrecy. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://www.goblinhouse.net/revolving-door/24.Sourced from public records and content-hashed; verify via /attestation, standard at /methodology.