The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies HavocAI: 1 model, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $196.0M raised. 11 sources back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
HavocAI is a Providence, Rhode Island-based defense technology company building all-domain collaborative autonomy for maritime, air, and ground operations. Founded in 2024, the company has delivered over 30 autonomous surface vessels to the U.S. Department of Defense and developed a software-defined Collaborative Autonomy Stack that enables heterogeneous fleets to self-organize and execute missions with minimal human oversight. Its vessel lineup includes the 14' Rampage, 38' Seahound, 42' Kiakoa, and 100' Atlas, with a 200-foot ASV under development with Hanwha Aerospace.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Product
Deployments
CEO
Co-founders
Total fundingsee investors →
Vessels delivered
Vessel lineup
Key partners
HQ
Data & sources
Press releases
2
News coverage
1
Web sources
8
11 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company HavocAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hanwha Aerospace1× joint1 total
- 2Lockheed Martin1× joint5 total
- 3SAIC1× joint
Most recent
- HavocAI x Hanwha Aerospace2026-01-08with Hanwha Aerospacejust announced
- HavocAI x SAIC2025-11-19with SAICjust announced
- HavocAI x Lockheed Martin2025-10-10with Lockheed Martinjust announced
HavocAI on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified May 2026. Explore where HavocAI's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full HavocAI deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Paul Lwin CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Shawn Driver Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Joe Turner Co-Founder & COOsecondary-verified
- Ben Cipperley Chief Strategy Officersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Joe Turnercofounderno longer at company
previously at Havoc
- Shawn Drivercofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for HavocAI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- HavocAI3 deployments
Recent coverage
HavocAI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab)1 model
Financial state
- Total funding
- $196.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 just announced
Every company HavocAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- HavocAI x Hanwha Aerospace2026-01-08with Hanwha Aerospacejust announced
- HavocAI x SAIC2025-11-19with SAICjust announced
- HavocAI x Lockheed Martin2025-10-10with Lockheed Martinjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hanwha Aerospace1× joint1 total
- 2Lockheed Martin1× joint5 total
- 3SAIC1× joint
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development2026-01-08just announced
- HavocAI x SAICwithSAICtechnology2025-11-19just announced
- investment2025-10-10just announced
Funding rounds (3)
HavocAI’s 3 disclosed rounds, $196M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2026-05-12
$100M(reported) · $600M post
- Other2025-10-10
$85M(reported) · $425M post
Investors: B Capital (lead), In-Q-Tel (strategic), Lockheed Martin (strategic), Hanwha (strategic), Taiwania (follow), Scout Ventures (follow), Outlander VC (follow)
- Seed2024-09-16
$11M(reported) · $44M post
Investors: Trousdale Ventures (co_lead), Scout Ventures (co_lead), Outlander VC (follow), In-Q-Tel (strategic), B Capital (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in HavocAI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2026-05-12Series A raising $100000000
PartnershipHavocAI x Hanwha Aerospace
2026-01-08HavocAI and Hanwha Defense USA signed an MOU to jointly develop 200-foot autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) for the U.S. Government's Modular Attack Surface Craft program. Hanwha brings shipbuilding scale; HavocAI provides the collaborative autonomy software stack. Hanwha Philly Shipyard is under consideration for production.
PartnershipHavocAI x SAIC
2025-11-19SAIC and HavocAI partnered to integrate HavocAI's autonomous surface vessels with SAIC's Joint Range Extension (JRE) system, connecting them to the Pentagon's global C2 network and Link 16 infrastructure for the U.S. Navy.
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-10-10Other raising $85000000
PartnershipHavocAI x Lockheed Martin
2025-10-10Lockheed Martin participated as a strategic investor in HavocAI's 5M funding round, signaling a defense-industry partnership for collaborative maritime autonomy technology.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-09-16Seed raising $11000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 1, 2026
Havoc USV at National Harbor, Maryland, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 11, 2025
Havoc USV at Troia, Portugal
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2025
Havoc USV at Hawaii, USA
Sources (11)
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/havoc-raises-100m-series-a-to-power-the-future-of-all-domain-collaborative-autonomy-302769697.html
- https://www.therobotreport.com/havoc-raises-100m-unify-defense-autonomy-land-sea-air/
- https://www.havocai.com/
- https://hanwhadefenseusa.com/news-articles/hanwha-and-havocai-formalize-partnership-to-develop-200-foot-autonomous-surface-vessel-42l97
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/havocai-adds-85m-in-new-capital-to-scale-proven-autonomy-capabilities-302580282.html · 2025-10-10
- https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/01/hanwha-and-havocai-to-develop-200-foot-autonomous-surface-vessel/ · 2026-01-09
- https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2025/12/05/autonomous-surface-vessels-to-join-pentagons-global-c2-network/ · 2025-12-05
- https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2026/6/25/company-offering-collaborative-maritime-autonomy-to-the-navy · 2026-06-25
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/havocai-executes-worlds-first-successful-air-sea-autonomy-mission-in-gps-denied-environment-302639315.html · 2025-12-11
- https://investors.saic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/saic-and-havocai-partner-link-autonomous-fleets-global-command/ · 2025-11-19
- https://pulse2.com/havocai-end-to-end-maritime-autonomy-solutions-company-raises-11-million/ · 2024-09-16
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Methodology: Verified · 11 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 8
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for HavocAI.Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab)1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning HavocAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Company Offering Collaborative Maritime Autonomy to the Navy
HavocAI demonstrated its Rampage USV at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference, showing how a single operator can control multiple autonomous vessels via laptop.
Hanwha and HavocAI to Develop 200-Foot Autonomous Surface Vessel
HavocAI and Hanwha Defense USA announced a partnership to jointly develop 200-foot autonomous surface vessels, targeting the U.S. Government's Modular Attack Surface Craft program.
HavocAI Executes World's First Successful Air-Sea Autonomy Mission in GPS-Denied Environment
HavocAI demonstrated the first live air-sea autonomy mission without GPS in Troia, Portugal, coordinating ASVs and UAVs through a single unified command interface.
Autonomous surface Vessels to Join Pentagon's Global C2 Network
HavocAI partnered with SAIC to integrate its autonomous surface vessels with the Pentagon's global command and control network via the Joint Range Extension system.
SAIC and HavocAI Partner to Link Autonomous Fleets to Global Command and Control Infrastructure for U.S. Navy
SAIC and HavocAI announced a partnership to integrate HavocAI's autonomous surface vessels with SAIC's Joint Range Extension system for the U.S. Navy's global C2 network.
HavocAI Adds 5M in New Capital to Scale Proven Autonomy Capabilities
HavocAI secured 5M in new capital from investors including B Capital, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, and Hanwha, bringing total funding to nearly 00M.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/havoc-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/havoc-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/61cb6545-1c00-4fe0-9ecb-7bf47bd756dc
- Revision history: /companies/havoc-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab)1 model
Video
Paul Lwin is the co-founder and CEO of HavocAI, a defense startup building collaborative autonomous surface vessels. In this episode, Paul breaks down the company’s tech stack, their strategic approach to naval warfare
CEO Paul Lwin and Jason Wittbeck give insight into Havoc's appearance at Socal Swarm 2025 where Havoc Rampage ASVs were able to function autonomously thousands
About Havoc AI Havoc AI is building the autonomy software stack that makes thousands of unmanned systems on the surface, in the air, and on the ground work to
Co-founder and CTO Andrew Gregg gives a tour of our testing and production facility in Rhode Island, where everything from software development, demos, producti
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Reality vs attention
HavocAI draws attention at the 18th percentile but verifies reality at the 75th percentile among maritime robots. Hype Gap -57.1, 10th widest among maritime robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $196M raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 25, 2026