Saronic Technologies is a Maritime Autonomy company founded in 2022 and based in Austin, United States. It has raised $2.6B in total funding, most recently a Series D in 2026 at a $9.3B valuation.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Series D | $1.8B | $9.3B | Kleiner Perkins |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Series C | $600M | $4B |
| Elad Gil |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Series B | $175M | $1B | Andreessen Horowitz |
A 24-foot midsize autonomous surface vessel capable of carrying a 1,000 lb payload over 1,000 nautical miles at 35+ knots using an AI-driven navigation stack. The platform went from prototype to production in under twelve months, and the US Navy awarded Saronic a $392 million production contract for Corsair in late 2025. It is designed for ISR, logistics delivery and payload-flexible forward presence in contested maritime environments without putting crew at risk.
A 150-foot Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel with a load capacity of roughly 150 metric tonnes and a range of about 4,100 nautical miles at full load. Designed for distributed lethality across wide ocean areas, it can carry weapons systems, sensors or logistics payloads as a modular warship surrogate. The Marauder is Saronic's largest platform and targets the Navy's need for large, affordable, autonomous surface combatants able to operate alongside crewed fleets. The first Marauder was launched in May 2026 from the company's Franklin, Louisiana shipyard, which targets a build rate of 20 per year by the end of 2026.
A 60-foot Cipher and a 40-foot Mirage autonomous surface vessel unveiled in April 2025 that bridge the gap between the Corsair and Marauder. Cipher carries roughly 10,000 lbs over 3,000+ nautical miles, while Mirage carries about 2,000 lbs over 2,000+ nautical miles, both running an NVIDIA-powered autonomy stack. The vessels expand Saronic's family toward contested sea-lane presence, payload delivery and persistent surveillance at standoff range from shore-based command.
1 patent on file, but none with both an extractable figure and an abstract on Google Patents yet.