Australia’s national security is ­determined in large part by our control of the sea. As an island continent, our trade, ...

Autonomous vessel startup Saronic has acquired Louisiana-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft as a hub for production and prototyping to support the company’s unmanned vessel developmental efforts. “This new ...

Saronic, a startup developing autonomous ships for defense, has raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture ...

Economical, adaptable and built in Australia over months, not years – deploying ASVs at scale would significantly boost the ...

Saronic plans to build bigger drone boats and a high-tech shipyard dubbed Port Alpha in the wake of a $600 million funding round. Why it matters: The U.S. military is obsessing over autonomy, robotics ...

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from ...

Robot-shipbuilder Saronic wants to use the $600 million from its latest funding round to build a shipyard for medium and large uncrewed surface vessels—even as the Navy reconsiders its investment in ...

Concept graphic of Saronic's Marauder USV. The keel for the first Marauder was laid on 22 August 2025 in Louisiana, US. (Saronic Technologies) US-based unmanned surface vehicle (USV) builder Saronic ...

There are certain countries in the world that are even more breathtaking when experienced on water — and Greece is certainly one of them. Perched on the southern edge of the Balkan peninsula, Greece ...

The three-year-old startup is in talks to raise a Series C round that would value it at more than $3 billion, just months after raising funding at a unicorn valuation. Saronic, a three-year-old ...