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Bloomberg Tech · Jul 16, 2026
TSMC Slides, Saronic Invests in Texas, GameStop Makes Its Move
“Autonomous maritime drone company announced $3.2B investment in next-generation shipyard at Port of Brownsville, Texas”
This Week in Startups · Jun 24, 2026
Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner Table
“Autonomous maritime defense startup cited for rescuing helicopter pilots, praised by AJ Piplica.”
This Week in Startups · Jun 10, 2026
Why the most expensive Seed deals are the cheapest | E2299
“Defense tech company whose autonomous boats rescued Apache helicopter pilots”
Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist · May 8, 2026
Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy
“Defense technology company Sankar is involved with; working on scaling manufacturing and AI-enabled autonomous systems”
The Shawn Ryan Show · May 7, 2026
#302 Joe Lonsdale - If China Takes Taiwan, AI Sets Back 10 Years
“Building autonomous warships (25-180 feet) with more weapons capacity than crewed destroyers at lower cost”
TBPN · Mar 31, 2026
AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Axios NPM Package Compromised, Claude Code Source Code Leak | Alex Pruden, Qasar Younis, Sebastian Mallaby, Forrest Heath, Dino Mavrookas, Will Ahmed, Jannick Malling, Ryan Daniels, Chris Yu
“Autonomous surface vessel manufacturer raised $1.75B for shipyard expansion”
The a16z Show · Mar 26, 2026
Security, Resilience, and the Future of Mobile Infrastructure
“Unmanned surface vessel company mentioned as example of Navy private sector partnership”
The a16z Show · Mar 25, 2026
Submarines and the Future of Defense Manufacturing
“Company developing small, low-cost autonomous underwater vessels”
The a16z Show · Feb 17, 2026
WSJ x a16z: The Next 25 Years of Defense Innovation
“Three-year-old company building autonomous surface vessels for defense applications”