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Raised $50M Series A (2026). $64M total. Building uncrewed open-ocean autonomous vessels for US Navy intelligence and maritime operations.
Blue Water Autonomy is one of the few defense-focused startups developing truly open-ocean autonomous vessels — a harder and more strategically valuable problem than harbor or coastal autonomy. The company raised $50 million in Series A financing in 2026, bringing total funding to $64 million, primarily supported by US Navy contracts for uncrewed surface vessels designed for long-duration ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) and maritime operations.
SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.
Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.
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