{"id":"577df5f4-b01c-4831-8c96-46f28816bb0d","companyId":"d96d824b-c582-4dc2-8194-068b6056e9e6","modelName":"Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder)","slug":"saronic-usv","description":"Saronic Technologies (founded 2022 in Austin, Texas by Dino Mavrookas, an eleven-year Navy SEAL, with CTO Vibhav Altekar, an early Anduril engineer who worked on Ghost Shark, and co-founders Rob Lehman and Doug Lambert) makes defense autonomous surface vessels, extending the new-defense AI-first cohort of Anduril, Shield AI, and Helsing into the surface-maritime regime. Its current production line is the 24-foot Corsair, the 52-foot Mirage, and the 180-foot Marauder medium uncrewed surface vessel, and it is building a Port Alpha shipyard. Its funding ladder ran from a $175 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation in 2024 to a $600 million Series C at $4 billion in February 2025 and a $1.75 billion Series D at a $9.25 billion valuation on March 31, 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins. Several corrections to stale framing are worth recording: the originating dispatch's $600 million Series C is superseded by the Series D, the earlier Spyglass and Cutlass vessels are superseded by the Corsair, Mirage, and Marauder line with the Marauder at 180 rather than 150 feet, and the often-cited $392 million Corsair contract framing is wrong because the $392 million is a Navy other-transaction-authority ceiling through 2031 with about $197 million obligated in July 2025, and the Navy did not name a vessel. The registry records it at early commercial maturity: one real production-intent Navy contract with money obligated clears the gating bar above pure development, but quantities and deliveries are undisclosed and the larger Mirage and Marauder platforms have no verified at-sea customer delivery, so they are production-claimed rather than fielded-confirmed, and the $1.75 billion of capital is not itself a fielding signal. Its Port Alpha throughput claims, any Mirage or Marauder customer delivery, and its autonomous-warship mission performance are not verified.","formFactor":"maritime","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Saronic (founded 2022, Austin TX) makes defense autonomous surface vessels. Funding ladder: Series B $175M at $1B (2024) -> Series C $600M at $4B (Feb 2025) -> Series D $1.75B at $9.25B (Mar 31 2026, Kleiner Perkins-led). VERIFIED: $392M Navy OTA formalized May 16 2025 (ceiling through 2031), ~$197M obligated Jul 2025. Extends the new-defense AI-first cohort (Anduril/Shield AI/Helsing) into the surface-maritime regime."},{"label":"CORRECTIONS (dispatch was stale)","value":"(1) Funding: the dispatch's ~$600M/$4B Series C is stale - Saronic closed a $1.75B Series D at $9.25B (Mar 2026). (2) Product line EVOLVED: Spyglass/Cutlass are SUPERSEDED; current line = Corsair/Mirage/Marauder (Marauder is 180', not 150'). (3) The '$392M Corsair contract' framing is wrong: $392M is a CEILING and the Navy did NOT name a vessel (FPDS 'small craft')."},{"label":"Maturity = commercial (early/fielding)","value":"One real DoD production-intent OTA with money obligated ($197M) clears the gating bar above pure development. But quantities/deliveries are UNDISCLOSED and the larger platforms (Mirage 52', Marauder 180') have NO verified at-sea customer delivery - production-claimed, not fielded-confirmed. Capital ($1.75B Series D) is not a fielding signal."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Specific vessel(s) under the $392M OTA; quantities/delivery dates; Port Alpha '$2.5B+ shipyard' + 'hundreds of vessels/year' throughput; Gulf Craft '50+ vessels/year'; any Marauder/Mirage customer delivery. AI/autonomous-mission performance is thin in the public record - 'autonomous warship' framing is largely marketing."}],"specs":"Current production line: Corsair (24', 1,000+ nm, 1,000 lb), Mirage (52', 2,500+ nm, 3,500 lb), Marauder (180' MUSV, ~5,400 nm, 150 metric tons). Founded 2022, Austin TX (co-founders Dino Mavrookas (CEO, ex-Navy SEAL), Vibhav Altekar (CTO, early Anduril/Ghost Shark), Rob Lehman, Doug Lambert). Building 'Port Alpha' shipyard.","formFactor":"maritime (autonomous SURFACE vessels / USVs; defense; new-defense AI-first)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saronic-closes-1-75b-series-d-at-9-25b-valuation-to-accelerate-a-new-era-of-maritime-autonomy-302729298.html","title":"Saronic closes $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation (Mar 31 2026; Kleiner Perkins-led)","sourceName":"Saronic (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://defensescoop.com/2025/08/22/navy-buy-saronic-autonomous-maritime-drones-usv-asv-ota/","title":"Navy $392M OTA (ceiling, through 2031; ~$197M obligated Jul 2025; vessel-unnamed)","sourceName":"DefenseScoop"},{"url":"https://www.saronic.com/vessels","title":"Saronic vessels: Corsair (24'), Mirage (52'), Marauder (180') - line evolved from Spyglass/Cutlass","sourceName":"Saronic (official)"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/autonomous-boat-startup-saronic-raises-1point75-billion-.html","title":"Saronic raises $1.75B Series D (Mar 2026; Austin; Port Alpha shipyard)","sourceName":"CNBC"}],"aliases":["Saronic Corsair","Saronic Mirage","Saronic Marauder"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T21:43:59.289Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T21:43:59.289Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/saronic-usv","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/saronic-usv","name":"Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder)","alternateName":["Saronic Corsair","Saronic Mirage","Saronic Marauder"],"description":"Saronic Technologies (founded 2022 in Austin, Texas by Dino Mavrookas, an eleven-year Navy SEAL, with CTO Vibhav Altekar, an early Anduril engineer who worked on Ghost Shark, and co-founders Rob Lehman and Doug Lambert) makes defense autonomous surface vessels, extending the new-defense AI-first cohort of Anduril, Shield AI, and Helsing into the surface-maritime regime. Its current production line is the 24-foot Corsair, the 52-foot Mirage, and the 180-foot Marauder medium uncrewed surface vessel, and it is building a Port Alpha shipyard. Its funding ladder ran from a $175 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation in 2024 to a $600 million Series C at $4 billion in February 2025 and a $1.75 billion Series D at a $9.25 billion valuation on March 31, 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins. Several corrections to stale framing are worth recording: the originating dispatch's $600 million Series C is superseded by the Series D, the earlier Spyglass and Cutlass vessels are superseded by the Corsair, Mirage, and Marauder line with the Marauder at 180 rather than 150 feet, and the often-cited $392 million Corsair contract framing is wrong because the $392 million is a Navy other-transaction-authority ceiling through 2031 with about $197 million obligated in July 2025, and the Navy did not name a vessel. The registry records it at early commercial maturity: one real production-intent Navy contract with money obligated clears the gating bar above pure development, but quantities and deliveries are undisclosed and the larger Mirage and Marauder platforms have no verified at-sea customer delivery, so they are production-claimed rather than fielded-confirmed, and the $1.75 billion of capital is not itself a fielding signal. Its Port Alpha throughput claims, any Mirage or Marauder customer delivery, and its autonomous-warship mission performance are not verified.","identifier":"577df5f4-b01c-4831-8c96-46f28816bb0d","category":"maritime","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}