🩺 Saronic Technologies: Redefining maritime superiority
• Bessemer joined Saronic's Series D, backing autonomous vessels built on a single unified autonomy stack.
• China's shipbuilding capacity now exceeds America's by more than 200x, while the US builds fewer than 5 large commercial vessels a year.
• Saronic went from initial design to contract deliveries in under 18 months — fast by defense-industry standards.
• The company bought a 100-acre Louisiana shipyard and committed $300M to expand it, plus a new "Port Alpha" shipyard-of-the-future project.
• Founding team fuses U.S. Navy SEAL/DEVGRU operational experience with deep tech expertise.
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