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Dino Mavrookas discusses the challenges and opportunities in America's shipbuilding industry and its implications for national security.

Dino Mavrookas, Co-Founder & CEO of Saronic, is building one of the fastest-growing defense companies in America. Saronic is now valued at over $9B, has raised $2.6B, and is making a multi-billion-dollar bet on rebuilding America’s maritime industrial base. In Part II of our three-part series inside Saronic, Dino and I sit down to go deeper into the business, the market, and why America’s shipbuilding gap has become a national security problem. China now outbuilds the U.S. 230 to 1. The U.S. Navy has roughly 290 ships despite Congress setting a 355-ship minimum in 2018, while the Navy now estimates it needs 381 manned ships alone. Dino explains why Saronic believes autonomy, private capital, commercial shipbuilding, and a new generation of defense primes can change that equation. Dino Mavrookas: https://x.com/mavrookasd Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠ https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 YouTube: https://youtu.be/7bDA_oKBGbk 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 • Brex —The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, & travel. https://brex.com/sourcery • Applied Aerospace —As…

People in this episode

Host: Molly O'Shea

Guest: Dino Mavrookas

Topics covered

• shipbuilding
• national security
• defense industry
• maritime industrial base
• autonomy
• private capital

Keywords

• shipbuilding
• defense
• Saronic
• national security
• autonomy
• maritime

Sponsors

Brex, Applied Aerospace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Saronic, U.S. Navy, Zone

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