Saronic and NVIDIA join hands on maritime autonomy and robotics

October 29, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić

Saronic Technologies and NVIDIA have formed a strategic collaboration to accelerate advancements in maritime autonomy and robotics.

As disclosed, the partners will combine Saronic’s knowledge in autonomous maritime systems, AI, and next-generation shipbuilding with NVIDIA’s accelerated compute, software libraries, and physical AI-focused innovation.

Specifically, through this strategic collaboration, Saronic and NVIDIA will deepen their existing relationship and collaborate on joint research and development efforts to advance technologies for maritime robotics and autonomy.

The companies will explore opportunities to leverage NVIDIA’s accelerated computing capabilities and development tools to build, test, and deploy Saronic’s autonomous maritime platforms with even greater speed and efficiency.

Today, Saronic harnesses NVIDIA’s accelerated compute capabilities, AI models, and development tools across its simulation, software development, and autonomous platform operations. With NVIDIA hardware embedded onboard all Saronic vessels, the platforms will be able to run vision and reasoning models at the edge, enabling real-time decision making as well as single-agent and multi-agent autonomous functions.

According to Saronic, by tapping NVIDIA AI models, software libraries, and development environments, the company has significantly accelerated its algorithmic flywheel and autonomy development cycle. Tasks that once took days can now be completed in hours, including training, verifying, and deploying new software features.

Furthermore, this acceleration allows Saronic to rapidly iterate, harden its autonomy stack, and deliver platforms with improved resilience, reliability, and performance.

In August this year, Saronic held a keel-laying ceremony for its Marauder vessel at the company’s recently acquired shipyard in Franklin, Louisiana. This milestone marks the official start of production for a new class of fully autonomous ships.