HavocAI is a maritime autonomy company that develops the software 'brains' for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), partnering with commercial shipyards to retrofit standard hulls with its collaborative autonomy stack. Its core differentiator is multi-vessel, multi-domain collaborative autonomy: a single operator can command swarms of heterogeneous robot boats through one interface, even in GPS-denied environments. Founded in January 2024, HavocAI has moved unusually fast, building dozens of autonomous vessels within its first 18 months and delivering more than 30 to U.S. Department of Defense customers worldwide. The company demonstrated its technology to Ukrainian officials and partnered with Hanwha to co-develop 200-foot autonomous surface vessels. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, HavocAI raised an $85M round in 2025 backed by strategic and institutional investors including In-Q-Tel and Lockheed Martin.
HavocAI
ActiveCollaborative maritime autonomy for fleets of uncrewed surface vessels
Total raised
$96M
2 rounds
Stage
Seed
Sep 2024
Team
51-200
since 2024
Pricing
Enterprise
Founded
2024
Providence, United States
Agent-ready
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Collaborative multi-vessel autonomy stack
Single-operator command of heterogeneous fleets
GPS-denied navigation and operation
Retrofit autonomy for commercial hulls
Maritime domain awareness ('Zero Surprises')
Multi-domain (surface, sensor, operator) networking
Modular vessel platforms
Rapid shipyard-partnered production
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Cumulative raise
From 2024 to 2026 · 2 rounds tracked
Total
$96M
Oct 2025 Series B $85M ● B Capital
Sep 2024 Seed $11M ● Scout Ventures
Capital network
$96M raised ·16 backers·10 network links
- Backers16
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- What does HavocAI build?
- HavocAI develops collaborative autonomy software for uncrewed surface vessels and retrofits commercial boats into autonomous fleets.
- How much has HavocAI raised?
- Roughly $96M total, including an $11M seed in 2024 and an $85M round in 2025.
- Who invests in HavocAI?
- Investors include B Capital, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha and Scout Ventures.
- Where is HavocAI based?
- HavocAI is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.
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