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Autonomous Vessel Developer Saronic Raises $1.8 Billion To Accelerate Production, Add Capacity

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

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Autonomous Vessel Developer Saronic Raises $1.8 Billion To Accelerate Production, Add Capacity

Marauder image from Saronic. The vessel is being produced at the company's new shipyard in Franklin, La.

Continuing to see a shift in demand toward unmanned systems, Saronic Technologies on Tuesday said it has raised $1.75 billion in a new funding round that will be used to accelerate production and deliveries of its autonomous surface vessels for customers globally, expand capacity, and add new classes of ships. The Series D round was led by Kleiner Perkins and values Saronic at nearly $9.3 billion. Saronic, which is currently building two 180-foot Marauder autonomous unmanned surface vessels, wants to…

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