AI-powered manufacturing startup raises $1.3B in bid to boost domestic defense capacity
The round was led by Baillie Gifford and J.P. Morgan Strategic Investment Group as defense-tech investors backed the company’s push to scale factories.
- On Thursday, manufacturing startup Hadrian closed a funding round at a nearly $8 billion valuation, raising $1.37 billion to expand its automated manufacturing facilities for defense and aerospace agencies.
- CEO Chris Power said the investment enables Hadrian to scale its workforce and Opus software platform, addressing production challenges in submarines, munitions, and the drone industrial base.
- Leading investors included Baillie Gifford, WCM Investment Management, and Washington Harbour Partners, reflecting support for President Donald Trump's push to reindustrialize the U.S. military.
- Hadrian previously raised $260 million last year with funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, bringing total capital to around $2 billion. The company opened an Alabama facility to mass-produce submarine parts.
- Power noted that physical AI is sweeping the economy, requiring software adaptation to compete in a transformed market. Hadrian joins defense firms like Shield AI and Saronic in securing major capital.
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Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation
Hadrian is building automated factories to mass produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors.
AI-powered manufacturing startup raises $1.3B in bid to boost domestic defense capacity
Artificial intelligence-powered manufacturing startup Hadrian is receiving $1.37 billion in new equity investment to expand its manufacturing footprint, research and development work and additional production capabilities, the company announced today. "A big part of this capital,” Hadrian founder and CEO Chris Power told reporters on a call earlier this week, will allow the company to invest “well ahead of where the need is, so we can be there w…
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Hadrian has raised $1.37 billion in fresh funding at a $7.87 billion valuation, more than quadrupling its valuation since January as investors pour record sums into startups rebuilding America’s defense manufacturing base. The Series D was co-led by WCM Investment […] The post Defense-tech startup Hadrian raises $1.37B at nearly $8B valuation to scale AI-powered factories first appeared on Tech Startups.
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Defense Startup Hadrian Valued at $7.87 Billion in New Round
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