Blue Water Autonomy
Autonomous Driving · Underwater & Marine Robotics
3open roles
$50Mlatest round · Series A · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
2backers · Eclipse, GV
10+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Blue Water Autonomy is making unmanned ships a reality. Blue Water Autonomy’s autonomous ship design fully integrates hardware, software, and AI, allowing vessels to operate on the open ocean for months at a time.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$50M
1 round on record
Latest round
$50M
Series A · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
2
Eclipse, GV
The money's age
Due for its next round
14 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 26, 2025
Raised a round Series A $50M · led by GV · Fortune
Apr 11, 2025
Launched Blue Water Autonomy Emerges From Stealth to Usher in New Era of Autonomous Ships and Modernize the Maritime Economy · PRNewswire
Apr 2024
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Web presence
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Jobs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$100k
Open positions
2
1
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $100k | $100k |
Highest paying role
Mechanical Engineer I - Electrical Packaging & Structures
$100k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
39/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Energy
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added FMEA to stack
Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Lexington
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$50M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2025 | $50M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Blue Water Autonomy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
64/100
Practices & domains
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News
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The Robot Ships of Route 90 -Three Louisiana Shipyards are Vying for a Stake in the Navy's Autonomous Future
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US Navy selects autonomous ships for ocean mapping under $40M contract
Months-long autonomous ocean surveys aim to enhance navigation, mapping, and underwater acoustic modeling far from shore.
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A US company making long-range drone warships for a China fight just put its tech to the test in the water
The US Navy needs multi-mission, long-range autonomous warships that can traverse and fight across the vast waters of the Pacific.
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Federal small-business program remains in the lurch amid showdown between senators Markey and Ernst - The Boston Globe
The Small Business Innovation Research grant program expired at the end of September without a deal, affecting tech companies in Massachusetts.
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Blue Water Autonomy Appoints Advisory Board
Boston-Based Blue Water Autonomy, A Company Designing And Producing Unmanned Ships For The U.S. Navy, Has Formed An Advisory…
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Lexington
Lexington
United States
HQ
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
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