Saronic ranks 62 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 81; Exail ranks 79 with 80. Exail is ahead on deployment and commercials. Saronic is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on production, technology, positioning and leverage. Exail is based in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Saronic in Austin, United States. Exail: subsidiary. Exail is named in 3 signals and Saronic in 10.
Exail develops and sells autonomous maritime and underwater robotic systems, including unmanned surface vessels, underwater drones, and mine-countermeasure systems for defense and industrial customers.
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Exail is a French marine-robotics and inertial-navigation maker (Euronext:EXAIL, SBF 120 since 2025), with about 2,000 employees producing DriX USVs, A18 AUVs, the UMIS mine-countermeasure system, and Phins navigation. 2024 revenue was EUR 373M (2025 not captured), backed by a Belgian-Dutch mine-countermeasure program (~EUR 450M share), an Indonesian Navy UMIS selection, 100 Phins Compact units to a US UUV maker in summer 2025, and a Spanish MoD order. 2025 results, backlog, and DriX unit counts are open.
3 signals name Exail.
9 facts on file.
Saronic develops autonomous defense vessels and robotics systems, including the Marauder and Corsair, and holds a USD 392 million production contract with the U.S. Navy.
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Saronic is a US maker of autonomous vessels (the 24-ft Corsair and 180-ft Marauder, its first Marauder hull built in under six months) with a Louisiana facility (a $300M expansion, 1,500 planned jobs) and a Port Alpha next-gen shipyard in development. It raised a $1.75B Series D in March 2026 at a $9.25B post-money (Kleiner Perkins-led) after a $600M Series C at $4B in 2025, and holds a $392M US Navy production contract, with UK and Australia operations launched. Current revenue is estimated at 10-100m+ (the Navy contract is backlog).
10 signals name Saronic.
26 facts on file.
Saronic ranks 62 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 81; Exail ranks 79 with 80. Exail is ahead on deployment and commercials. Saronic is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on production, technology, positioning and leverage. Exail is based in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Saronic in Austin, United States. Exail: subsidiary. Exail is named in 3 signals and Saronic in 10.
Saronic ranks 62 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 81; Exail ranks 79 with 80. Exail is ahead on deployment and commercials. Saronic is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on production, technology, positioning and leverage. Exail is based in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Saronic in Austin, United States. Exail: subsidiary. Exail is named in 3 signals and Saronic in 10. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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