The Austin -based Saronic company has collected a 600 million dollar chain to build an independent ships entitled “Port Alpha” Declare Yesterday, the four -evaluation of it to $ 4 billion from The last round.
Investor Elad Gil led the tour, with General Catalyst joining the current investors Andressen Horowitz, 8VC and Caffeated Capital, among others.
This would make Saronik the second, possibly third, and most valuable defense in the United States after the last Andrell tour of $ 14 billion. Shield AI can overcome this, as is It is said In talks to strike a $ 5 billion rating on a new round of financing. (Anduril holds talks to be uploaded again when its evaluation is twice, to 28 billion dollars.)
Saronica is not my only technical darling with great manufacturing aspirations: for example, Andoril announced plans to build Migavakti millions of dollars in Ohio last month.
Saronica has not found a location of the Alpha port yet but is looking actively, as a spokesman for Techcrunch. Operations in the port, which is called SaronicFuture shipbuilding basinIt is scheduled to start within five years, the co -founder of Saronic and CEO Dino Mavroook He said defense news.
Saronica has already developed three models of independent surface vessels (ASVS) that reaches 24 feet – about half as long as a modern survival boat. But Saronic He says The factory will also build large drones, while enhancing the ability to build American ships compared to China.
Unmanned ships are a hot trend in the naval war, partly due to the successful use of Ukraine for drones for The Russian navy out of the CrimeaAlthough there is no an effectively inhabited navy On its own.
Saronik has now raised nearly $ 850 million, Mafrocas He said on cnbcThe quadruple evaluation is due to the speed of Saronic in developing new ships and programs.
Saronic lifting is the latest sign that Defense Tech continues to reach new levels in Silicon Valley, supported by similar monster tours.