What is Hadrian?
AI-powered factories that manufacture precision aerospace, defense, and critical-infrastructure hardware.
- Category
- Autonomous manufacturing
- Headquarters
- Torrance, CA
- Founded
- 2020
- Employees
- 200+ disclosed; scaling
- Total funding
- $477M+ disclosed
- Valuation
- $1.6B (Jan 2026)
What is Hadrian?
Hadrian is a defense-industrial startup that designs, builds, and operates software-driven factories for precision metal parts and larger defense hardware. Its factories use Opus, Hadrian's AI-powered factory-autonomy platform, to automate quoting, process planning, machining, inspection, and production coordination for aerospace and defense customers.
Hadrian started in 2020 with a focused problem: the United States and its allies need more aerospace and defense hardware, but legacy precision-manufacturing capacity is slow to quote, slow to ramp, and highly dependent on scarce skilled labor. Hadrian's answer is not a marketplace or a pure software product. It is a vertically integrated manufacturing company that owns the factories, runs the machines, and wraps them in software so new capacity can come online faster than a traditional machine shop.
By June 2026, Hadrian had moved from precision components into broader product manufacturing, launched a maritime division, announced Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, and announced Factory 4, a 2.2 million square foot Alabama site aimed at submarine and naval supply-chain work. Public revenue is limited, but the company disclosed roughly $3 million in 2024 revenue in press coverage while also signing major defense-prime and government-supply-chain programs. Its scale signal is therefore factory capacity and booked mission-critical work more than SaaS-style ARR.
What does Hadrian offer?
Hadrian sells manufacturing capacity and finished hardware, not a self-serve software subscription. Its product surface is the factory system, the parts and assemblies it ships, and specialized defense manufacturing programs.
- Precision-machined aerospace parts· Manufacturing
- Defense and space components· Manufacturing
- Hadrian Maritime· Defense
- Munitions manufacturing· Defense
- Full-product manufacturing· Manufacturing
- Opus factory-autonomy platform· Software
- Rapid factory deployment· Capacity
- Supplier-chain orchestration· Operations
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How does Hadrian make money?
Hadrian makes money by manufacturing and delivering precision components, assemblies, and defense hardware for aerospace, defense, and critical-infrastructure customers. It also uses its proprietary software to reduce internal production cost and cycle time, but it does not publish self-serve software pricing or standard per-part prices.
Hadrian's commercial model is closer to a technology-enabled contract manufacturer than a SaaS company. Customers buy capacity, parts, assemblies, and program-specific manufacturing outcomes, with pricing based on part complexity, material, tolerance, qualification requirements, volume, lead time, and whether the work requires secure defense or export-controlled handling. Because those variables dominate cost, Hadrian does not publish list prices or tiers.
The growth driver is factory replication. If Opus can help Hadrian quote faster, bring factories online in months, automate inspection, and improve utilization, every new facility should add revenue capacity without requiring a proportional increase in highly specialized manufacturing labor. That is why investors focus on facilities such as Mesa and Alabama: they convert software progress into physical throughput for programs that have urgent demand and long legacy backlogs.
Who leads Hadrian?
Hadrian is led by founder and CEO Chris Power, with a growing bench of security, defense, and manufacturing leaders as it scales from precision parts into larger defense manufacturing programs.
- Chris PowerFounder & CEOFounder, since 2020Founded Hadrian to rebuild U.S. industrial capacity with automated factories for aerospace and defense supply chains.
- Caleb SimaChief Security OfficerJoined 2026Former CISO and security executive brought in as Hadrian scales into more sensitive defense programs.
- Peter FeaverNational Security AdvisorJoined 2026Duke professor and former National Security Council official advising on defense and national-security strategy.
- Wallis LaughreyVP, MunitionsJoined 2026Defense manufacturing leader focused on Hadrian's move into munitions and broader product manufacturing.
How do you contact Hadrian's leadership?
Hadrian publishes company contact paths and media contacts, but it does not publish a verified personal email format for executives. Use the public Hadrian contact channel or media alias for press and partnership routing; do not treat guessed personal addresses as verified.
press@hadrian.co (public media alias; personal format not verified)How much funding has Hadrian raised?
Hadrian has disclosed at least about $477 million in capital across its seed, Series A, Series B, and July 2025 Series C rounds, then added an undisclosed T. Rowe Price-led expansion round in January 2026 at a $1.6 billion valuation.
Hadrian's earliest public seed financing was a $9.5 million round in 2021 led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital. In 2022 it raised a $90 million Series A and follow-on financing led by Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz as it expanded from an early factory into aerospace and defense work. In February 2024, Hadrian announced a $117 million Series B backed by investors including RTX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Construct Capital, Caffeinated Capital, and Lachy Groom.
The company raised $260 million in July 2025 in a Series C financing co-led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital, paired with a factory expansion loan facility led by Morgan Stanley. In January 2026, it announced additional capital led by T. Rowe Price at a $1.6 billion valuation; Hadrian did not disclose the amount in that announcement. The safest funding read is therefore $477 million-plus publicly disclosed, with the latest round confirming unicorn status and additional capital for U.S. factory buildout.
How did Hadrian get here?
Hadrian moved from one automated precision-machining facility to a multi-factory defense manufacturing platform in roughly six years.
- 2020Founded by Chris PowerHadrian is created to automate precision manufacturing for aerospace, defense, and advanced industrial customers.
- 2021Seed funding and first factory modelA $9.5M seed round led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital backs the initial automated factory approach.
- 2022$90M Series ALux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz lead a major expansion round as Hadrian scales its first production capacity.
- 2024$117M Series B and Datum Source acquisitionHadrian adds growth capital and acquires Datum Source, a SpaceX-alumni software company focused on hardware supply chains.
- Jul 2025$260M Series C and Mesa factoryFounders Fund and Lux Capital co-lead new capital; Hadrian announces Factory 3 in Mesa and a move into full-product manufacturing.
- Jan-Jun 2026$1.6B valuation and Alabama expansionA T. Rowe Price-led round values Hadrian at $1.6B, followed by Factory 4, a 2.2M sq. ft. Alabama site for naval and submarine supply chains.
Who are Hadrian's competitors?
Hadrian competes with advanced manufacturing startups, digital manufacturing networks, and defense primes building their own automated production capacity.
- Divergent TechnologiesSoftware-defined additive manufacturing and robotic assembly for automotive, aerospace, and defense structures.
- FreeformAutonomous metal 3D printing with a software-first factory model, focused on high-quality additive parts.
- XometryManufacturing marketplace and supplier network for CNC, sheet metal, injection molding, and additive jobs.
- FictivDigital manufacturing platform and supplier network for prototyping and production parts.
- Anduril IndustriesDefense prime building internal Arsenal-style manufacturing capacity for autonomous systems and weapons.
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