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Dino Mavrookas discusses Saronic's autonomous boat factory and its innovative technology.

Saronic Co-Founder & CEO Dino Mavrookas takes us on a tour of the company’s 420,000 sqft autonomous boat factory in Austin, Texas. This is Part I of a 3-Part Saronic dive. Sit-downs with all 4 co-founders to follow. Founded in 2022, Saronic has raised $2.6B at a last valuation of $9.25B. We walk the Corsair production line, which has capacity for 2,000 autonomous boats per year, and climb aboard Mirage, its new 52-foot vessel with 2,500+ nautical miles of range and 3,500 lbs of payload capacity. Dino breaks down Saronic’s vertically integrated hardware + software strategy, its 180-foot Marauder autonomous ship, and Port Alpha, the massive new shipyard it’s building in Brownsville, Texas. Plus: why China outbuilds the U.S. 230:1, lessons from SpaceX manufacturing, the future of autonomous warfare, and how Saronic went from testing its technology on an $800 Amazon raft to building autonomous vessels at scale. Dino Mavrookas: https://x.com/mavrookasd Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠ https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z-hJOibGUo0 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 • Brex —The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate…

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Host: Molly O'Shea

Guest: Dino Mavrookas

Topics covered

• autonomous boats
• manufacturing
• technology
• startups
• defense
• innovation

Keywords

• autonomous boats
• Saronic
• Dino Mavrookas
• manufacturing
• technology
• SpaceX
• Brownsville
• Corsair
• Mirage

Sponsors

Brex, Applied Aerospace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Saronic, SpaceX

Products: Corsair, Mirage

Places: Austin, Texas, Brownsville, Texas

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