Albacore Inc. LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Company reported Ghostfin had exceeded 50 nautical miles and had open-ocean sea-state testing.
Autonomous undersea vehicles to deter maritime invasions.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Philadelphia-based defense startup building mass-producible long-range autonomous drone submarines; flagship product is Ghostfin / Ghostfin-M for maritime defense, sensing, communication, logistics, and strike.
Primary product
Ghostfin-M expeditionary drone submarine
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) / maritime defense
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$6.6M
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$6.5M
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Founding Mechanical Engineer
Head of Global Operations
Associate Director of Federal
Chief of Staff
Investors
Small, hardware-heavy defense team with a fast-moving, mission-driven culture; public hiring pages emphasize physical work in Philadelphia, close software-hardware collaboration, field testing, and rapid iteration. Public pages do not list explicit perks/benefits.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation details were found on the official site or Built In pages reviewed; public hiring signals are mission-driven and hands-on rather than compensation-forward.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$1.1M ARR (third-party estimate, updated 2025-09-14)
Estimated monthly visits
6.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Albacore Inc. LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Company reported Ghostfin had exceeded 50 nautical miles and had open-ocean sea-state testing.
Albacore Inc. LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Congressman Donald Norcross visited the Philadelphia facility and saw Ghostfin in action.
Albacore Inc. LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Company announced a new website and highlighted its brand/product positioning.
Albacore Inc. LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Company post celebrating John Huddleston’s Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition.
Tectonic Defense · Oct 2025
Announced a $6.5M seed round led by Outlander VC, with a detailed look at Ghostfin, team size, use cases, and production plans.