{"id":662302,"date":"2025-04-11T22:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/blue-water-autonomy-comes-out-of-stealth-promising-autonomous-naval-ships\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:05:16","slug":"blue-water-autonomy-comes-out-of-stealth-promising-autonomous-naval-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blue-water-autonomy-comes-out-of-stealth-promising-autonomous-naval-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Water Autonomy comes out of stealth promising autonomous naval ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new ship-building startup called Blue Water Autonomy has emerged from stealth with the promise of developing captain-less naval ships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Boston, Massachusetts-based company has raised a $14 million seed round from Eclipse VC, Riot, and Impatient Ventures. The startup was founded in 2024 by former members of the U.S. Navy, leaders of Amazon Robotics, and iRobot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Water Autonomy joins an ever-growing list of startups that are taking advantage of a splurge in defense investment. Defense tech funding set a new record in 2024, led by Anduril\u2019s $1.5 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> F round and Saronic \u2014 another autonomous maritime startup that notched a $175 million Series B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The startup says it has developed a full-stack autonomy suite and concept ship designs in \u201cunder a year.\u201d It\u2019s already salt-water testing a 100-ton autonomous test vessel just outside of Boston, a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seed funding will help Blue Water Autonomy expand its engineering team and accelerate testing, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/blue-water-autonomy-emerges-from-stealth-to-usher-in-new-era-of-autonomous-ships-and-modernize-the-maritime-economy-302426198.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo other company is tackling this problem at the ship level like Blue Water,\u201d Seth Winterroth, a partner at Eclipse, said in a statement. \u201cThe team is a rare combination of roboticists and Navy veterans that positions them to be a critical partner to the Navy, the entire Department of Defense, and will have a major impact on the maritime industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Boston, Massachusetts-based company has raised a $14 million seed round from Eclipse VC, Riot, and Impatient Ventures. 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