The latest start-up of the shipyard called Blue Water Autonomy emerged from hiding with the promise of developing navy ships without a captain.
The Boston company in the state of Massachusetts collected a round of $ 14 million with Eclipse, Riot and impatient ventures. The startup was founded in 2024 by former US Navy, Amazon Robotics and Iobot leaders.
The Blue Water autonomy joins the continuously growing list of startups that profit from throwing investments in defense. Defensive technological financing set a latest record in 2024, headed by the round and Saronic value $ 1.5 billion in Andurila – one other autonomous sea startup, which reached the B series. In the amount of $ 175 million B.
Startup claims that he has developed a full set of autonomy and concept ships in “below the year”. This is already testing a 100-ton autonomous test ship on the outskirts of Boston, a spokesman for the company, said Techcrunch.
Seed financing will help the Blue Water autonomy in the extension of the engineering team and acceleration of tests, in accordance with release.
“No other company deals with this problem at the ship’s level, such as Blue Water,” said Seth Winterroth, partner of Eclipse. “The team is a rare combination of navy robotists and veterans who consider them a critical Navy partner, the entire defense department and will have a great impact on the maritime industry.”