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HavocAI Autonomous Vessel Company Raises $11 Million In Seed Funding

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

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HavocAI Autonomous Vessel Company Raises $11 Million In Seed Funding

Graphic of HavocAI's Rampage uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). (Image: HavocAI)

Last week, the autonomous uncrewed vessel company HavocAI said it raised $11 million in seed funding to expand its production capacity and enhance product development as it develops the ability to let one operator command many autonomous assets simultaneously. The Providence, R.I.-based company, founded in 2024, specializes in developing ultra low-cost uncrewed surface vessels and software that enables a single operator to command and control thousands of them. The company said its platform is also designed to give “significant cost…

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