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As of August 6, 2026, Hadrian was last valued at $7.87B (August 2026 Series D) and has raised at least $1.6B in equity across 2 sourced funding rounds.
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 — up nearly 5x since January.
Hadrian is a U.S. defense and aerospace manufacturer that builds highly automated factories combining process engineering, AI and robotics, according to the company.[1] Hadrian says its mission is to help space and defense manufacturers produce full programs at scale in the U.S.[1] Its factories run on Opus, which Hadrian calls "the full stack, AI-powered platform for Factory Autonomy," and which the company says trains factory technicians in 30 days or less.[2] As of August 2026 Hadrian operates four facilities covering just under 3 million square feet: two in Torrance, California, plus sites in Mesa, Arizona and Muscle Shoals, Alabama.[1]
Hadrian sells precision components, Manufacturing-as-a-Service capacity deployed in Hadrian facilities or at customer sites, and Factories-as-a-Service, in which it designs and operates entire product, assembly and component factories.[2] In March 2026 Hadrian opened an Alabama facility to mass-produce submarine parts; Hadrian said the public/private partnership deal for that facility was valued at $2.4 billion, TechCrunch reported.[3]
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Hadrian is a defense company, based in Torrance, CA, founded 2020.
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Series D | $1.37B | $7.87Bpost-money | Washington Harbour PartnersunverifiedValor Equity Partnersunverified137 VenturesunverifiedBaillie GiffordunverifiedJPMorganChase Strategic Investment Groupunverified With1789 CapitalunverifiedApollo Global ManagementunverifiedT. Rowe PriceunverifiedCapitalGunverifiedAndreessen HorowitzunverifiedFounders FundunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAltimeter CapitalunverifiedConstruct CapitalunverifiedWCM Investment ManagementMorgan Stanley Wealth Management | Hadrian |
| Jan 10, 2026 | Funding round | Undisclosed | $1.6Bpost-money | T. Rowe Priceunverified WithAltimeter CapitalunverifiedD1 Capital PartnersunverifiedStepStone Groupunverified1789 CapitalunverifiedFounders FundunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAndreessen HorowitzunverifiedConstruct Capitalunverified | Pulse 2.0 |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Series C | $260M | — | Founders FundunverifiedLux Capitalunverified | TechCrunch |
Equity only. “Equity raised” above sums the rounds with a dated, linked source; rumored rounds, tender offers and secondary sales are listed but not counted, and debt financing is listed separately.
Founders Fund and Lux Capital led Hadrian's $260 million Series C about a year before its August 2026 Series D, according to TechCrunch.[3] In January 2026 Hadrian raised an undisclosed amount at a $1.6 billion valuation, led by accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, according to the company as reported by Pulse 2.0.[4] Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, StepStone Group, 1789 Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, a16z and Construct Capital joined the January 2026 round.[4] On August 6, 2026, Hadrian announced $1.37 billion in new equity financing in a Series D that values the company at $7.87 billion.[1] WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures and Baillie Gifford co-led the Hadrian Series D, with JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group as anchor co-lead.[1] Hadrian says the Series D will fund new factories, expanded R&D and additional production capabilities.[1]
A Netherlands-based cybersecurity startup called Hadrian raised a $40 million Series B for its AI-powered offensive security platform -- a different company entirely from the $7.87 billion defense-manufacturing unicorn of the same name.
August 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.
Six deals in seven days — Lumilens, Hadrian, Terafab, Valar Atomics, Base Power and K2 Space — pushed more than $21 billion into reactors, factories, satellites and chips, not a single model release among them.
Anduril remains in talks to raise at a roughly $100B valuation just weeks after Hadrian's own 5x step-up to $7.87B — two data points suggesting defense-tech valuations are compounding faster than the underlying contract backlogs are being disclosed.
Lumilens 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.
Terafab'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.
Hadrian'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.
Hadrian 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.
Hadrian 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.
Hadrian is valued at $7.87 billion after its $1.37 billion Series D announced on August 6, 2026, up from a $1.6 billion valuation in January 2026.[1],[4]
Hadrian has not publicly disclosed its revenue; its most recent round was a $1.37 billion Series D in August 2026.[1]
Hadrian's August 2026 Series D was co-led by WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures and Baillie Gifford, with JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group as anchor co-lead.[1] Founders Fund and Lux Capital led Hadrian's $260 million Series C.[3]
Value Add VC tracks $1.63 billion in disclosed equity across Hadrian's Series C ($260 million) and Series D ($1.37 billion); the amount of the January 2026 round was not disclosed.[3],[1],[4]
Hadrian is privately held and backed by venture investors including Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Baillie Gifford (Aug 2026).[3],[1]
No; Hadrian raised a private $1.37 billion Series D in August 2026, so it was privately held as of that date.[1]
Chris Power is the founder and CEO of Hadrian.[1]
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