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Hadrian Secures $1.37 B Series D, Valued at $7.87 B

8/7/2026

Summary

Story summary

Hadrian raised $1.37 billion in a Series D round, valuing it at $7.87 billion.
JPMorgan Chase’s Investment Group anchored the round, with WCM Investment Management and Valor Equity Partners co-leading.
Hadrian will grow staff from 700 to 2,000 within 12 months, adding operators, engineers and technicians.
Funding will add factories, R&D and Opus-powered lines for munitions, shipbuilding and autonomous systems at its four sites totaling under 3 million square feet in California, Arizona and Alabama.

History

Historical Context

DARPA’s 2005 Grand Challenge awarded a $2 million prize to the Stanford Racing Team, proving autonomous vehicles could navigate desert terrain after earlier 2004 attempts failed. That success spurred industry investment and a wave of defense-focused robotics contests. Building on this legacy, Hadrian recently closed a major Series D, backed by JPMorgan Chase, to mass-produce autonomous munitions factories.

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Story summary

Hadrian raised $1.37 billion in a Series D round, valuing it at $7.87 billion.
JPMorgan Chase’s Investment Group anchored the round, with WCM Investment Management and Valor Equity Partners co-leading.
Hadrian will grow staff from 700 to 2,000 within 12 months, adding operators, engineers and technicians.
Funding will add factories, R&D and Opus-powered lines for munitions, shipbuilding and autonomous systems at its four sites totaling under 3 million square feet in California, Arizona and Alabama.

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