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I build boats

[Defense Innovation Unit @DIU_x]

Yesterday’s historic @USNavy rescue in the Strait of Hormuz is a direct result of DIU’s Production-Ready, Inexpensive, Maritime Expeditionary (PRIME) Small Unmanned Surface Vehicle (sUSV) program.

The Saronic Corsair used in the operation was developed through DIU’s competitive PRIME sUSV solicitation, which successfully prototyped, validated and delivered mission-ready vehicles to the Navy in under 15 months. Validation of production readiness was executed in just four months. The delivery speed was 50% to 70% faster than legacy acquisition approaches, which previously took more than six years.

This vehicle is one of many that have been deployed by the Navy into real-world environments. DIU is committed to using autonomous technology across domains to get our warfighters out of harm’s way.

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[Saronic @Saronic]

Last week, our first Marauder hit the water.

This milestone represents more than a successful launch. It's a reflection of the tireless work of our dedicated engineers, shipbuilders, welders, and teammates across Saronic. It's a demonstration of our ability to deliver autonomous maritime capability at speed and scale through a modern production approach and relentless focus on the mission.

And it's just the first of many more milestones to come.

[Saronic @Saronic]

Read more here: https://t.co/TKXZLARkD5

[Saronic @Saronic]

Built for long-range autonomous operations across defense & commercial missions, Marauder combines endurance, payload flexibility, & scalable production. With multiple hulls underway in Franklin, LA, we’re bringing new production capacity online at a pace not seen in generations. 2/3

[Saronic @Saronic]

Designed, built, and launched in under a year – our dual-use Marauder MUSV is officially entering on-water trials and validating a new model for modern shipbuilding. 1/3

[Alejandro Zúñiga @ByAZuniga]

Michigan fans singing Mr. Brightside as the Wolverines win the national championship

[Blue By 90 @bluebyninety]

National Championship Mr. Brightside

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

With Michigan’s win tonight, no team has ever lost the National Championship in the same season that its football coach was fired for cause and then arrested on three separate charges including third-degree home invasion.

[Dino Mavrookas @MavrookasD]

Today we’re sharing some big news. @Saronic closed a $1.75B Series D fundraise at a $9.25B valuation, led by @kleinerperkins.

Honestly, it’s a bit surreal to look back at how much has happened in such a short time. We started with a simple belief: the maritime world was being overlooked, and autonomy could change that in a big way. Since then, it’s been a lot of time on the water, building, testing, breaking things, fixing them, and doing it all over again — just trying to move fast and get better every step of the way.

What makes me most proud though isn’t the milestone, it’s the team behind it. Saronic is what it is because of people who genuinely care about what we’re building and who push hard every day to do it right. That’s the part that really matters.

This next chapter is about scaling up — faster builds, bigger footprints, and continuing to invest in American shipbuilding in a real way. We’ve got a lot of work ahead, and that’s the exciting part.

Grateful to everyone who’s been part of this, from our team, to our investors and partners, and to our customers. Let's go!

[Saronic @Saronic]

Saronic was founded to redefine maritime superiority for the U.S. and its allies—and today we’re accelerating that mission.

We’ve closed $1.75B in Series D funding at a $9.25B valuation, led by @kleinerperkins with participation from Advent, @BessemerVP, @dfjgrowth, @BAMelevate, @8vc, @caffeinatedcap, @a16z, @eladgil, and @FTI_Global.

This milestone comes at a defining moment for global and economic security. With this funding, we’re scaling the platforms and infrastructure needed to strengthen deterrence, drive economic advantage, and secure maritime superiority for decades to come.

Learn more here: https://t.co/gaoaZiu6Ur

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

I can’t stop watching all the angles

[Maize & Blue Review: Michigan Football, Basketball @MaizeBlueRvw]

Michigan wins. Headed to the Final Four.

[Gavin McHugh @gavinmchughh]

Death.

Taxes.

and Duke blowing a lead to walk home from the tournament

[Saronic @Saronic]

Saronic has been named to @FastCompany 2026 Most Innovative Companies list as the #1 company in Defense Technology (and among the top 50 most innovative companies globally)!

Our team is building and delivering every day, pushing forward what is possible in maritime autonomy and shipbuilding. Thank you to Fast Company for the recognition!

Read more here: https://t.co/bgb4batZax

Join us: https://t.co/yGiq3mYsmV

[Saronic @Saronic]

We are expanding in Louisiana with a new 15,000 sq. ft. office in downtown New Orleans! We're bringing engineers and technical teams closer to our Gulf Coast production to support our growing shipbuilding operations at our Franklin, LA shipyard. Excited to build alongside Louisiana’s incredible maritime talent as we continue investing in a region that has long powered American shipbuilding.

Learn more here: https://t.co/NBqEVWFyMU

Check out our open positions and apply here: https://t.co/yGiq3mYsmV

[Saronic @Saronic]

2 Marauders nearing completion, with a 3rd underway in just 9 months.
Speed. Execution. Scale. Repeat.

[Daniel Concannon @TooWhiteToTweet]

Another day, another spectacularly horrific Black-on-White murder that no one hears about, that would be the number one story in the world if it were White-on-anyone-else.

On February 13, Black 21-year-old Alexander Lamar Banks was driving around, admittedly looking for people to kill, when he spotted a White mom and dad, out for an evening walk, pulling their 3-year-old daughter in a pink wagon in Delta Township, Michigan (77% White, 11% Black). That's when Banks targeted them, accelerating his car in their direction, driving off the road, and smashing through the White family.

Banks then exited the vehicle, retrieved a shotgun, and fired multiple rounds, hitting all three family members and killing 3-year-old Harlow Smith. He reloaded the weapon before approaching Harlow's dad and shooting him again at close range.

Banks punched the White father in the face and beat him with the shotgun. He then grabbed the White mother by the hair, twisting her head and trying to break her neck when she attempted to intervene.

A 72-year-old White woman named Barb Cook saw what was happening and ran toward the murder scene to try to help the family. With his gun empty, Banks smashed 72-year-old Barb repeatedly in the head with it. He hit her with such force that her hair and flesh were later recovered from the muzzle. After beating Barb, Banks dropped the gun and fled.

37-year-old dad Cameron Smith, 33-year-old mom Paige Smith, and 72-year-old Barb Cook all survived the encounter that claimed young Harlow's life. Barb Cook required brain surgery and facial reconstruction, and went into a coma (as of the most recent update, she remains in that coma).

Now, we wait to see how easy the system goes on Alexander Lamar Banks when it's inevitably determined that he was “not in the right state of mind” and has the IQ of speed bump.

To recap, a Black psychopath quite literally hunted a White family, in public, in the light of day, running them down with his vehicle before shooting them repeatedly and savagely beating them in someone's front yard, killing a 3-year-old, then bludgeoning an unrelated 72-year-old grandma into a coma, and virtually no one knows, or will ever know, that any of this happened.

But everyone on Earth knows that a White girl said a magic word on a Minnesota playground last year.

[Barstool Michigan @BarstoolUofM]

this is the greatest picture of all time

(🎥: @MarcGregor )

[Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle]

American Dynamism 🇺🇸