Blue Water Autonomy raises $50M Series A led by GV to build a full-size autonomous ship

Blue Water Autonomy/Liberty-class autonomous ship

Blue Water Autonomy raised $50M led by GV, bringing total funding to $64M, to build and deploy its first long-range, full-size autonomous ship in 2026. Since its April 2025 seed it had quadrupled its team, finished on-water tests and begun buying long-lead material from 50+ suppliers.

• Existing investors Eclipse, Riot and Impatient Ventures joined; GV's Dave Munichiello joined the board.
• CEO Rylan Hamilton co-founded 6 River Systems, sold to Shopify for $450M in 2019.
• The team includes shipbuilders who delivered 30+ Navy ships, including DARPA's NOMARS.