Hadrian — Startup Profile

AI-powered factories for critical hardware

HQ: Los Angeles, CA | Founded: 2020 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Late-stage, venture-backed | Website: https://www.hadrian.co

About

Hadrian builds automated factories for precision aerospace and defense components. Its software, robotics, machining, and factory operations aim to shorten the time and cost required to produce critical hardware.

The Take

Hadrian is trying to make manufacturing capacity a software-scaled asset. Defense demand and domestic supply-chain urgency are strong tailwinds, but factory utilization, quality control, program concentration, and cdeveloper toolstal intensity make this a fundamentally harder business than pure software.

Key Metrics

• Founded: 2020
• Founders: Chris Power
• Latest signal: Hadrian raises $260M Series C
• Funding rounds cited: 1

Funding Rounds

• Round: $260M plus factory loan (2025-07) — Founders Fund and Lux Capital

Key People

• Chris Power

Key Competitors

• Incumbent platforms —
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Timeline Highlights

• 2025-07: Series C
• 2020: Founded

Recent News

• Hadrian raises $260M Series C (2025-07-17)

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