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

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/blue-water-autonomy-raises-50m-series-a-led-by-gv-to-build-a-full-size-3feca37a
Date: 26 Aug 2025
About: [Blue Water Autonomy](https://technooptimist.io/companies/blue-water-autonomy.md) · [Liberty-class autonomous ship](https://technooptimist.io/manufacturing/liberty-class.md)
Original source: https://www.therobotreport.com/blue-water-autonomy-nets-50m-to-build-autonomous-ships/

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.

## Key facts

- 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.

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