Saronic

Autonomous surface vessels for defense applications.

saronic.com

HQ: Austin, TX, USA

Defense

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Saronic Technologies is a privately held Austin defense-technology and maritime-manufacturing company founded in 2022. It develops software-defined, autonomous surface vessels and the autonomy/mission-control systems that operate them for U.S. and allied defense customers, with stated expansion into commercial maritime applications. Its strategy combines autonomy software, modular vessel hardware, and vertically integrated U.S. shipbuilding/manufacturing.

Primary product

A family of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs)—including Corsair, Mirage, and Marauder—supported by Echelon, Saronic’s mission-planning, simulation, command-and-control, and fleet-management software. Public specifications include Corsair (24 ft), Mirage (52 ft), and Marauder (180 ft).

Founded

2022

Headquarters

Austin, Texas, United States

Team size

1,300+ employees as of March 31, 2026; third-party workforce estimates vary (approximately 1,100–1,300).

Work style

Onsite

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Sub-industry

Maritime autonomy, unmanned surface vessels, defense robotics, and advanced shipbuilding

Offices

Austin, Texas (headquarters and manufacturing)

Franklin, Louisiana (Gulf Craft shipyard/Marauder production)

San Diego, California

Washington, D.C.

Brownsville, Texas (planned Port Alpha shipyard)

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Australia

Business model

Government and defense procurement of autonomous surface vessels

Long-term production contracts and systems integration for U.S. and allied militaries

Commercial dual-use maritime platforms and services

Vertically integrated vessel manufacturing and shipyard operations

Autonomy, mission-planning, simulation, and command-and-control software

Funding

Stage

Late-stage private company; Series D

Total raised

$2.6B

Latest round

Series D · Mar 2026

Latest amount

$1.8B

Series D

Mar 2026 · Kleiner Perkins

$1.8B

2026 Private Round (reported) — [The Information](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/autonomous-warship-startup-saronic-raising-7-5-billion-valuation)

Feb 2026 · Kleiner Perkins (reported)

$1.5B

Series C

Feb 2025 · Elad Gil

$600M

Series C — [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saronic-raises-600m-series-c-to-take-on-autonomous-shipbuilding-302379441.html)

Feb 2025 · Elad Gil

$600M

Series B

Jul 2024 · Andreessen Horowitz

$175M

Series B — [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/saronic-series-b--4c5f0179)

Jun 2024 · Undisclosed / existing investors

$175M

Series A — [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/saronic-series-a--eed1a761)

Oct 2023 · Caffeinated Capital

$55M

Series A

Oct 2023 · Caffeinated Capital

$55M

Seed

Jan 2022 · 8VC

$15M

Seed — [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/saronic-seed--6d8201c1)

Jan 2022 · Andreessen Horowitz

People & investors

Leadership

Dino Mavrookas

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Rob Lehman

Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer

Vibhav Altekar

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Doug Lambert

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Patrick DePriest

Chief Financial Officer

Soo Cho

Chief People Officer

Tobi Young

General Counsel

Blake Brickman

Vice President, Government Affairs

Jonas Brown

Vice President, Programs

Dave Cascalenda

Vice President, Corporate Development

Sam Lisbonne

Vice President, Product

John Morgan

Head of Manufacturing

John Simmons

Vice President, Mission Services

Nick Stoner

Vice President, Defense Growth

Goutham Subramanian

Vice President, Software

Investors

Work & culture

The company describes a mission-driven, veteran-led engineering culture organized around “One Mission,” “Solutions Driven,” “Trust Fuels Triumph,” and “United We Win.” External recruiting commentary characterizes the environment as fast-paced and high-pressure with rapid growth; this is a third-party signal rather than an official company claim.

Work style

Onsite

Compensation

Selected public postings show approximately $190,000–$240,000 base salary for senior perception/autonomy and senior systems-software roles. Equity and other compensation details are not comprehensively disclosed. Most roles appear to require U.S.-person/ITAR eligibility, which can limit international hiring; formal sponsorship policy was not found.

Benefits

Public job materials indicate health coverage and paid lunches, but the complete benefits package is not publicly documented in the reviewed sources.

Reasonable accommodations and equal-opportunity employment commitment are stated on the careers site.

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly disclosed; appears to be negotiated government/commercial contract pricing for hardware, mission systems, support, and potentially software rather than published SaaS pricing.

Differentiators

—Vertically integrated autonomous-vessel design and manufacturing
—Software-defined autonomy stack shared across multiple vessel hulls
—Modular, networked, attritable platforms designed for contested environments
—Rapid prototyping and production tempo
—MOSA/interoperability approach and browser-based mission control
—Planned large-scale U.S. shipbuilding capacity through Port Alpha
—Defense, commercial, and dual-use maritime applications

Technology

Autonomous surface-vessel navigation

Mission-level autonomy

Perception and target identification

Machine learning and robotics

Browser-based mission control

Command and control

Simulation and digital twins

Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)

Networked and attritable vehicle design

ROS/robotics software

AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Databricks, SQL, Rust, and related engineering/enterprise tools (third-party technology-stack listing)

Customers

U.S. Navy / U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Army and other U.S. military organizations

U.S. allies and partner nations (described generally by Saronic)

Commercial maritime customers and operators (stated target market; named customers were not broadly disclosed)

Competitors

Anduril Industries

Shield AI

Helsing

Traditional U.S. defense primes and shipbuilders

Other unmanned surface-vessel and maritime-autonomy providers

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $1M–$10M; a third-party company-data listing estimates $9.5M annual revenue, but this is not company-reported and may not reflect defense-contract backlog or recognized revenue.

contact@saronic.com +1 512-738-0232

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Feb 2025

Saronic acquired a roughly 420,000-square-foot production and manufacturing facility in Austin; this is a facility acquisition, not an acquisition of another operating company.

Source

Other

Jul 2026

Saronic announced the planned $3B-plus Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. Construction was expected to begin in 2026 and operations in 2028, so execution, capital deployment, permitting, and ramp risk remain material.

Source

Other

Jul 2026

Saronic announced a strategic partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries covering autonomy, AI-powered digital solutions, production infrastructure, and robotics-based shipyard automation.

Source

Latest news

Saronic and Samsung Heavy Industries Partner on Maritime Autonomy

Saronic Technologies · Jul 2026

The companies announced collaboration on autonomous maritime systems, AI-powered digital solutions, production infrastructure, and robotics-based process automation.

Saronic Picks Brownsville, Texas, for $3 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard

Defense News · Jul 2026

Defense News reported that Port Alpha would initially occupy about 835 acres, build vessels up to 850 feet, and complement Saronic’s existing Texas and Louisiana facilities.

Saronic Selects Texas to Build $3 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard

Naval News · Jul 2026

Brownsville, Texas was selected for the planned Port Alpha shipyard, with more than $3B planned investment, up to 10,000 direct jobs, construction anticipated in 2026, and operations targeted for 2028.

Saronic Closes $1.75B Series D at $9.25B Valuation

Saronic / PR Newswire · Mar 2026

Saronic announced a Kleiner Perkins-led Series D, taking reported cumulative funding to about $2.6B and valuation to $9.25B; the company said headcount exceeded 1,300.

Autonomous warship startup Saronic raising $1.5B at $7.5B valuation (reported)

The Information · Feb 2026

Report that Saronic raised ~$1.5B in early 2026 at a reported $7.5B valuation; provides context on rapid growth and revenue trajectory prior to the raise [The Information](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/autonomous-warship-startup-saronic-raising-7-5-billion-valuation).

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