# Havoc: maritime robotics company

Canonical ID: `498e0f8f-6288-4bf7-9676-678b911447d9`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$100M Series A (May 2026); ~$200M total since 2024](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **CEO:** [Paul Lwin](/people/paul-lwin.md) (Co-Founder, former Burmese refugee)
- **Investors:** [Lockheed Martin](/investors/lockheed-martin.md), [B Capital](/investors/b-capital.md), SAIC, Outlander VC, Scout VC, [UP.Partners](/investors/up-partners.md), The Veteran Fund, Vanderbilt University endowment ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Deployments:** 100+ ASVs deployed globally (US, Europe, Indo-Pacific); 40+ mission-ready; targeting thousands of ASVs in 2026
- **Testing:** 25,000+ hours autonomous testing across sea, air, land; 200+ billion data points collected
- **Platforms:** [Rampage](/models/havoc-rampage.md) autonomous surface vessel (ASV)
- **Product:** Havoc software suite: C2 (one-to-many control), Insights (AI analytics), Connect (DDIL network), OS (edge autonomy)
- **CEO & Co-founder:** [Paul Lwin](/people/paul-lwin.md)
- **Co-founder:** [Joe Turner](/people/joe-turner.md)
- **Total funding:** [$200M (including $100M Series A May 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Product — Rampage:** 14-foot autonomous surface vessel, $100K each, 40+ mission-ready
- **Product — Atlas:** 100-foot autonomous vessel, testing in Rhode Island
- **Employees:** 200+
- **Offices:** Providence RI, Austin TX, San Diego CA
- **Partnerships:** [Lockheed Martin](/investors/lockheed-martin.md), Leidos, SAIC, PacMar, Senesco Marine, Metal Shark
- **Acquisitions:** Mavrik (aerial), Teleo (ground) — multi-domain expansion
- **Board member:** Devin Nunes (Chair, President's Intelligence Advisory Board)
- **xTech wins:** 3x US Army xTech competition winner, $6M SBIR
- **Hero image candidate:** https://defence-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1745872636033.jpg (source: Defence Blog press photo)

- **Slug:** havoc
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2023
- **HQ:** Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 200000000
- **Category:** [Maritime](/maritime)

## Models

- [Rampage](/models/havoc-rampage.md) (maritime) (id: `eded3ddb-ea7e-41ba-82c5-1dd00e056fce`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Paul Lwin](/people/paul-lwin.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Joe Turner](/people/joe-turner.md) Co-founder & COO (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [Havoc x Lockheed Martin](/partnerships/havoc-x-lockheed-martin.md) with Lockheed Martin _technology_
- [Havoc x Hanwha Defense USA](/partnerships/havoc-x-hanwha-defense-usa.md) with Hanwha Defense USA _joint venture_ (announced) (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Havoc?

Havoc (formerly HavocAI) is an all-domain collaborative autonomy company building autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) and a software stack that lets a single operator command swarms of unmanned maritime systems. Founded by Navy veterans Paul Lwin and Joe Turner in Providence, Rhode Island, the company vessel lineup spans the 14-foot Rampage USV, the 38-foot Seahound, the 42-foot Kiakoa, and the 100-foot Atlas, and it has delivered 30+ vessels to the U.S. military across Navy and Army exercises including Southern Lightning, Project Convergence, and Silent Swarm. Havoc competes with Anduril and Saronic in the contested maritime-autonomy market highlighted by the Pentagon Replicator initiative.

### What does Havoc make?

Havoc has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Rampage (Havoc builds physical robots).

### Where is Havoc headquartered?

Havoc is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

### How much funding has Havoc raised?

Havoc has raised approximately $200M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Havoc operate robots?

Havoc is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was Havoc founded?

Havoc was founded in 2023.


## Sources (1)

1. **Havoc (official)** · https://www.havocai.com

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