Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder)

Saronic Technologies (founded 2022 in Austin, Texas by Dino Mavrookas, an eleven-year Navy SEAL, with CTO Vibhav Altekar, an early Anduril engineer who worked on Ghost Shark) makes defense autonomous surface vessels and is the new-defense maritime archetype, extending the AI-first defense cohort of Anduril, Shield AI, and Helsing from the air into the surface-naval regime. Its production line is the 24-foot Corsair (1,000+ nm, 1,000 lb), the 52-foot Mirage (2,500+ nm, 3,500 lb), and the 180-foot Marauder medium uncrewed surface vessel, and it is building a 'Port Alpha' shipyard. Its funding ladder ran from a $175M Series B at a $1B valuation (2024) to a $600M Series C at $4B (February 2025) to a $1.75 billion Series D at a $9.25 billion valuation on March 31, 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins. DEPLOY records it at early commercial maturity on one real production-intent Navy contract with money obligated. A precise cap-flag on that contract: the often-cited $392 million figure is a Navy other-transaction-authority ceiling through 2031 with about $197 million obligated in July 2025, and the Navy did not name a vessel. As defense procurement, there is no consumer price.

Readiness

Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

Availability

internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty

no-price

No price points on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

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Capability honesty

no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

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Real-world use

commercial

Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

no-incidents

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

No reviewed price points on file.

Real-world use

No verified deployments on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

Safety record

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative.

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

Specs

notes

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specs

Current production line: Corsair (24', 1,000+ nm, 1,000 lb), Mirage (52', 2,500+ nm, 3,500 lb), Marauder (180' MUSV, ~5,400 nm, 150 metric tons). Founded 2022, Austin TX (co-founders Dino Mavrookas (CEO, ex-Navy SEAL), Vibhav Altekar (CTO, early Anduril/Ghost Shark), Rob Lehman, Doug Lambert). Building 'Port Alpha' shipyard.

formFactor

maritime (autonomous SURFACE vessels / USVs; defense; new-defense AI-first)

What's under the hood

No brain on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

Frequently asked questions

Is the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by Saronic Technologies.Source: Saronic closes $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation (Mar 31 2026; Kleiner Perkins-led)

What does the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) cost?

Not announced.

Where is the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

Is the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

How does the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

Who makes the Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder)?

Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) is made by Saronic Technologies, based in Austin, Texas, USA.Source: Saronic closes $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation (Mar 31 2026; Kleiner Perkins-led)

Compared to

• Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor)by Saildrone · maritime
• SM300 / SM200by Sea Machines Robotics · maritime

Sources

1. Saronic closes $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation (Mar 31 2026; Kleiner Perkins-led) · https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saronic-closes-1-75b-series-d-at-9-25b-valuation-to-accelerate-a-new-era-of-maritime-autonomy-302729298.html ↗
2. Navy $392M OTA (ceiling, through 2031; ~$197M obligated Jul 2025; vessel-unnamed) · https://defensescoop.com/2025/08/22/navy-buy-saronic-autonomous-maritime-drones-usv-asv-ota/ ↗
3. Saronic vessels: Corsair (24'), Mirage (52'), Marauder (180') - line evolved from Spyglass/Cutlass · https://www.saronic.com/vessels ↗
4. Saronic raises $1.75B Series D (Mar 2026; Austin; Port Alpha shipyard) · https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/autonomous-boat-startup-saronic-raises-1point75-billion-.html ↗