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Blue Water Autonomy

Defense marketmarinesecurityCurated record
blw.ai

Technology and shipbuilding company founded by US Navy veterans and ex-Amazon Robotics/iRobot leaders designing highly producible full-sized autonomous unmanned ships (~100-190 ft class) for the US Navy; team includes shipbuilders behind 30+ Navy ships and DARPA's fully autonomous NOMARS. Conrad Shipyard production agreement (Sept 2025); first long-range full-sized autonomous ship slated for launch in 2026. No Navy production contract yet, hence early tier.

HeadquartersLexington, US
Founded2024
Defense funding$64M
Team1-10
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentDefense
StageSeries A
FoundersRylan Hamilton (CEO), Austin Gray, Scott Miller
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinemarine

Full-size autonomous ship (unnamed class)

  • Long-range, full-sized autonomous unmanned ship moving from prototype to production for the US Navy market; first vessel to launch in 2026

    press-reported development status

    Claim source
CA

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordGVEclipse VenturesRiot VenturesImpatient Ventures
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-09-15USV production agreement signed with Conrad ShipyardBreaking Defense
2025-04-11Emerges from stealth with $14M seed to develop uncrewed ships for the US NavyTechCrunch
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Source ledger

3 unique public sources

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Exclusive: Blue Water Autonomy raises GV-led $50 million Series A to build unmanned shipsFortune · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Blue Water Autonomy comes out of stealth promising autonomous naval shipsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Maritime tech startup Blue Water Autonomy, Conrad Shipyard sign deal for USV productionBreaking Defense · retrieved 2026-07-05