A new naval construction startup called Blue water autonomy has emerged from stealth with the promise of developing naval ships without captain.
The Boston company, Massachusetts, has raised a seed round of $ 14 million eclipse, Riot and impatient companies. The startup was founded in 2024 by former members of the US Navy, Amazon Robotics and Irobot leaders.
Blue Water Autonomy joins a growing list of new companies that are taking advantage of a waste in defense investment. The financing of defense technology established a new record in 2024, led by the Ronda and Sarónica of the F series of $ 1.5 billion of Anduril, another autonomous maritime startup that achieved a series of $ 175 million B.
The Startup says it has developed a full -fashioned autonomy suite and boat conceptual designs in “less than a year.” It is already a salt water test an autonomous test ship of 100 tons on the outskirts of Boston, he told TechCrunch to TechCrunch.
Seed financing will help autonomy of blue water to expand your engineering team and accelerate tests, according to a release.
“No other company is addressing this problem at the boat level like Blue Water,” said Seth Winterroth, Eclipse partner, in a statement. “The team is a rare combination of navy robotists and veterans who position them as a critical partner for the Navy, the entire defense department, and will have a great impact on the maritime industry.”
