Austin-based Saronic, which builds military autonomous ships, raised a $1.75B Series D led by Kleiner Perkins at a $9.25B valuation, up from $4B in Feb. 2025
Autonomous ship startup Saronic said Tuesday that it's raised $1.75 billion as it ramps up production to meet mounting U.S. military demand …
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@varungupta
Varun Gupta
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Saronic has become the fastest growing defense technology company of all time. Its first product, Corsair, was the fastest to go from prototyping to production in the DoW in recent history. The company is now bringing shipbuilding back to the United States with Marauder (which
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@saronic
@saronic
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Saronic was founded to redefine maritime superiority for the U.S. and its allies—and today we're accelerating that mission. We've closed $1.75B in Series D funding at a $9.25B valuation, led by @kleinerperkins with participation from Advent, @BessemerVP, @dfjgrowth, @BAMelevate, …
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@jtlonsdale
Joe Lonsdale
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In WWII, USA built 18,000 ships in 1943. Today, we're lucky to break 10. But that's changing. @Saronic is rebuilding USA's Freedom's Forge: hundreds, then thousands of autonomous ships, up to 180 ft long. Proud to have created Saronic out of @8VC & backed them at each step.
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@ktmboyle
Katherine Boyle
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A mission that becomes more important by the day. Saronic is hiring. 🇺🇸🚀💪 [video]
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@mavrookasd
Dino Mavrookas
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Today we're sharing some big news. @Saronic closed a $1.75B Series D fundraise at a $9.25B valuation, led by @kleinerperkins. Honestly, it's a bit surreal to look back at how much has happened in such a short time. We started with a simple belief: the maritime world was being [im…
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@sourceryy
@sourceryy
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8vc cofounder @andrewoetting on what makes the @Saronic team, and their mission, unique: “You can intellectualize—of course a Navy Seal is going to be a great leader—but you see it and you're like, ‘Whoa, this is really special.’” “They're very mature, super present and sort of […
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@sebastiancaliri
Sebastian Caliri
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Saronic launched from 8VC build just a few years ago. The speed and quality of hiring at this company blows my mind. It turns out Americans can still build things quickly when it's crucial to do so. Time to go even faster!