Apr 202516
Saronic buys Gulf Craft shipyard
Seller: Gulf Craft
Louisiana-based shipyard with a 60-year history of developing manned and unmanned ships for defense and commercial customers
UndisclosedClosed Apr 16, 2025
Company
Saronic Technologies
Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels for the U.S. and allied navies and maritime forces. ↗
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas ↗ |
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| Founders | Rob Lehman, Co-Founder and CCO ↗; Vibhav Altekar, Co-Founder and CTO ↗ |
| Leadership | Dino Mavrookas, Co-Founder and CEO ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $29 million in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Ownership | $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation ↗; $600M Series C ↗ |
Products
- Corsair is a 24-foot autonomous surface vessel that carries up to 1,000 lbs over 1,000 nautical miles. ↗
- Mirage is a 52-foot autonomous surface vessel with 2,500 nautical miles of range and 3,500 lbs of payload capacity. ↗
- Marauder is a 180-foot autonomous surface vessel that carries up to 150 metric tons of modular payload, and is Saronic's platform for logistics and at-sea payload deployment. ↗
- Echelon is the command-and-control layer for Saronic vessels, used to plan, simulate and execute missions for one vessel or a fleet. ↗
- Port Alpha is Saronic's shipyard for building its vessels. ↗