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Hadrian

Hadrian builds AI-powered automated factories making precision parts for the Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, and Navy submarines, and raised a $1.37B Series D in August 2026 at a $7.87B valuation โ€” up nearly 5x since January.

DefenseTorrance, CAFounded 2020Website โ†—
Last verified Aug 12, 2026

Key Metrics

Valuation
$7.87B (Aug 2026)
As of Aug 2026Value Add Pulse research
Total funding
~$1.7B
As of Aug 12, 2026EstimatedValue Add Pulse research

Company Snapshot

Hadrian is a Defense company, based in Torrance, CA, founded 2020. Latest valuation $7.87B (Aug 2026) (As of Aug 2026, Value Add Pulse research). Total funding ~$1.7B (As of Aug 12, 2026).

Recent changes

  1. Aug 12, 2026First reported total funding: ~$1.7BEstimated Value Add Pulse enrichment
  2. Aug 6, 2026Raised $1.37B at a $7.9B valuation CNBC
  3. Aug 6, 2026Raised $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation Value Add Pulse enrichment
  4. Aug 6, 2026New investor: Washington Harbour Partners CNBC
  5. Aug 6, 2026New investor: Valor Equity Partners CNBC
Earlier changes (6)
  1. Aug 6, 2026New investor: JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group CNBC
  2. Aug 6, 2026New investor: Baillie Gifford CNBC
  3. Aug 6, 2026Hadrian Valuation Hits $7.9B on Defense Boom Pulse story
  4. Aug 6, 2026Hadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense Factories Pulse story
  5. Aug 2026First reported valuation: $7.87B (Aug 2026) Value Add Pulse enrichment
  6. Jul 17, 2025Raised $260M Series C Value Add Pulse enrichment

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Aug 6, 2026funding round$1.37B$7.9B
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Aug 6, 2026Series D$1.37B$7.87B
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Jul 17, 2025Series C$260Mโ€”
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Investors

Latest Pulse

  1. Defense Tech's Funding Surge Shows No Sign of SlowingAugust alone has produced a $250 million Neros Technologies round and a fresh $1.37 billion Hadrian raise, extending a defense-tech funding pace that has now outrun every full prior year on record.โ†’
  2. Physical AI's Biggest Week Yet: $21 BillionSix deals in seven days โ€” Lumilens, Hadrian, Terafab, Valar Atomics, Base Power and K2 Space โ€” pushed more than $21 billion into reactors, factories, satellites and chips, not a single model release among them.โ†’
  3. Defense Tech's Valuation Ladder Gains a New RungAnduril remains in talks to raise at a roughly $100B valuation just weeks after Hadrian's own 5x step-up to $7.87B โ€” two data points suggesting defense-tech valuations are compounding faster than the underlying contract backlogs are being disclosed.โ†’
  4. AI's Next Bottleneck Isn't Chips โ€” It's the WiresLumilens emerged from stealth with $700M+ in new funding at a $5.51B valuation to build the optical links between AI chips, the same week Terafab, Taalas and Hadrian all bet on AI's physical layer.โ†’
  5. AI's Biggest Bets This Week Were All About FactoriesTerafab's $16.8B chip fab, AMD's purchase of silicon startup Taalas, and Hadrian's $1.37B raise all point the same direction: AI capital moving from model weights into the physical plants that build chips and hardware.โ†’
  6. This Week's Mega-Rounds, By the NumbersHadrian's $1.37B round, Function Health's $450M raise and OLIX's $312M photonic-chip round pushed this week's three largest US-linked venture rounds past $2.1B combined, none of it going to a foundation model.โ†’
  7. Hadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense FactoriesHadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation -- roughly 5x its prior mark -- to build automated factories that machine precision parts for SpaceX, Anduril and other aerospace and defense suppliers.โ†’
  8. Hadrian Valuation Hits $7.9B on Defense BoomHadrian raised $1.37 billion led by Baillie Gifford and JPMorgan Strategic Investment Group at a $7.9 billion valuation, more than quadrupling its January mark as investors pour capital into AI-driven defense manufacturing.โ†’

Coverage Timeline

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  1. FUNDINGDefense Tech's Funding Surge Shows No Sign of Slowingโ†’
  2. AIPhysical AI's Biggest Week Yet: $21 Billionโ†’
  3. FUNDINGDefense Tech's Valuation Ladder Gains a New Rungโ†’
  4. AIAI's Next Bottleneck Isn't Chips โ€” It's the Wiresโ†’
  5. BIG TECHAI's Biggest Bets This Week Were All About Factoriesโ†’
  6. FUNDINGThis Week's Mega-Rounds, By the Numbersโ†’
  7. FUNDINGHadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense Factoriesโ†’
  8. FUNDINGHadrian Valuation Hits $7.9B on Defense Boomโ†’

All Coverage

FUNDING

Defense Tech's Funding Surge Shows No Sign of Slowing

AI

Physical AI's Biggest Week Yet: $21 Billion

FUNDING

Defense Tech's Valuation Ladder Gains a New Rung

AI

AI's Next Bottleneck Isn't Chips โ€” It's the Wires

BIG TECH

AI's Biggest Bets This Week Were All About Factories

FUNDING

This Week's Mega-Rounds, By the Numbers

FUNDING

Hadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense Factories

FUNDING

Hadrian Valuation Hits $7.9B on Defense Boom

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