Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Aug 26, 2025	Series A	$50.0M	—	GV	Eclipse Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Riot	Confirmed
Apr 11, 2025	Seed	$14.0M	—	—	Eclipse Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Riot	Confirmed

Series A
Led by GV
With Eclipse Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Riot
Confirmed
$50.0M
Aug 26, 2025
Seed
With Eclipse Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Riot
Confirmed
$14.0M
Apr 11, 2025

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems1

Liberty Class

Medium uncrewed surface vessel designed for extended autonomous maritime missions.

Maturity not rated

Unveiled: Feb 2026

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Naval vessels and shipbuilding	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops autonomous naval ships explicitly for defense missions.	Reported
Uncrewed systems	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops autonomous naval ships explicitly for defense missions.	Reported

Naval vessels and shipbuilding
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops autonomous naval ships explicitly for defense missions.
—Reported
Uncrewed systems
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops autonomous naval ships explicitly for defense missions.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People3

All 3 people →

People
Person	Role
Austin Gray · LinkedIn ↗	Co-Founder and CSO
Rylan Hamilton · LinkedIn ↗	Co-Founder and CEO
Scott N. Miller · LinkedIn ↗	CTO

Sources13

Show all 13 sources and supporting evidence

Profile4

1
DatabaseBlue Water Autonomy 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors | PitchBook
PitchBook · Supports Organization · founded year
“Blue Water Autonomy was founded in 2024.”
2
NewsBlue Water Autonomy comes out of stealth promising autonomous naval ships | TechCrunch
TechCrunch · Supports Organization · founded year
“The startup was founded in 2024 by former members of the U.S. Navy, leaders of Amazon Robotics, and iRobot.”
3
DatabaseBlue Water Autonomy — hq city
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city
“Location:Boston,Massachusetts,United States”
4
CompanyBlue Water Autonomy Inc. | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”

Systems1

5
CompanyLiberty
Supports System
“Liberty is a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) built to endure missions of 2-3 months and cross the Pacific independently.”

Funding6

6
CompanyBlue Water Autonomy funding announcement
Blue Water Autonomy · Aug 26, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“announced today $50 million in Series A funding led by GV.”
7
NewsExclusive: Blue Water Autonomy raises GV-led $50 million Series A to build unmanned ships
Fortune · Aug 26, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Blue Water has raised a $50 million Series A, led by GV”
8
NewsBlue Water Autonomy announces USD50 million funding raise
Janes · Aug 26, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“Blue Water Autonomy has obtained USD50 million in Series A funding”
9
CompanyBlue Water Autonomy Emerges From Stealth to Usher in New Era of Autonomous Ships and Modernize the Maritime Economy
PR Newswire (via Yahoo Finance) · Apr 11, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announced $14M in seed funding from”
10
NewsBlue Water Autonomy Raises $14M in Seed Funding
FinSMEs · Apr 11, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“raised $14M in Seed funding”
11
CompanyAutonomy at Sea: Our Investment in Blue Water Autonomy
GV · Supports Funding round, Organization
“Rylan Hamilton’s vision for [Blue Water Autonomy](https://www.blw.ai/) is another rare and transformative opportunity, and I’m honored to lead this Series A.”

People2

12
OtherBlack Flag 100
Black Flag · Supports Organization, Role
“Blue Water Autonomy is a Boston-based defense technology startup pioneering the development of fully autonomous, captain-less naval ships designed for mass”
13
CompanyBlue Water Autonomy | Building the Future Fleet
Blue Water Autonomy · Supports Organization, Organization · name, Role
“We are building the world's most capable autonomous warships so that our fleet is strong and our nation safe.”

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