Saronic is a Maritime & Undersea Systems 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 | — |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Series C | $600M | $4B |
| Elad Gil |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Series B | $175M | $1B | Andreessen Horowitz |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Series A | $55M | — | 8VC, Caffeinated Capital |
| Jan 1, 2022 | Seed | — | — | Andreessen Horowitz |

Saronic picks Brownsville, Texas, for a $3B shipyard to build autonomous naval vessels up to 850 feet.

Saronic invests $3B+ to build Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, capable of constructing vessels up to 850 feet.

Saronic will begin building a new shipyard in Texas this year for defense and commercial vessels.
Saronic's Corsair USVs used in combat for the first time, striking an Iranian naval base in U.S. Central Command operation.

U.S. CENTCOM used Saronic Corsair kamikaze USVs in combat for the first time, striking an Iranian naval base.
24-foot midsize autonomous surface vessel capable of carrying a 1,000 lb payload over 1,000 nautical miles at 35+ knots using AI-driven navigation. Progressed from prototype to production in under 12 months; the U.S. Navy awarded Saronic a $392M production contract for Corsair in late 2025. Designed for ISR, logistics delivery, and payload-flexible forward presence missions in contested maritime environments without risking crew.
150-foot Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) with a maximum load capacity of 150 metric tonnes and a range of 4,100 nautical miles at full load. Designed for distributed lethality operations across wide ocean areas—capable of carrying weapons systems, sensors, or logistics payloads as a modular warship surrogate. The Marauder is Saronic's largest platform and targets the Navy's requirement for large, affordable, autonomous surface combatants.
60-foot Cipher and 40-foot Mirage autonomous surface vessels unveiled in April 2025, bridging the gap between the Corsair and Marauder. Cipher carries 10,000 lbs over 3,000+ nautical miles; Mirage carries 2,000 lbs over 2,000+ nautical miles. Both use NVIDIA-powered autonomy stack. The vessels expand Saronic's family toward contested sea-lane presence, undersea payload delivery, and persistent surveillance at standoff range from shore-based command.