A rendering of one of Hadrian’s announced facilities in Mesa, Ariz. | Source: Hadrian
Hadrian, which uses AI-powered automation and modern software to build manufacturing facilities for aerospace, defense, and emerging industrial programs, recently announced expanded capital. With the latest investment, the company is valued at $1.6 billion.
Hadrian said it plans to use the funding to accelerate factory expansion and advance its automated manufacturing roadmap.
“For decades, the United States separated design from production and assumed global supply chains would carry the load,” stated Chris Power, the founder and CEO of Hadrian.
“That assumption no longer holds,” he said. “This capital accelerates our ability to build the industrial capacity America needs by pairing advanced automation with workforce training designed for the scale of the opportunity in front of us.”
Opus designed to propel reshoring of manufacturing
Demand for domestic manufacturing capacity across aerospace, defense, and critical infrastructure continues to grow, noted Hadrian. The company said it is building advanced factories designed to produce mission-critical components, assemblies, and full product lines with speed, reliability, and scale.
Hadrian said its platform pairs advanced automation with a rapidly trained workforce to meet the urgent need for a generational re-industrialization effort. This is part of its factories-as-a-service (FaaS) initiative.
Opus, Hadrian’s proprietary software stack for production autonomy, powers its factories. It said its manufacturing facilities can go online in under six months.
Hadrian builds on funding to expand defense production
Hadrian said the latest capital will position it to move faster in scaling high-throughput American factories. The investment was led by accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. It included participation from Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, StepStone Group, 1789 Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, a16z, Construct Capital, and existing investors.
This funding builds on a $260 million round from July 2025. Hadrian used that investment to support nearly five football fields’ worth of new manufacturing space, expanded research and development capacity, and dedicated teams focused on shipbuilding and naval defense production.
Hadrian said it plans to use the latest capital to:
- Accelerate factory expansion
- Scale workforce training programs
- Continue investment in automation, AI-driven tooling, and real-time manufacturing intelligence
Last week, Hadrian launched Hadrian Additive, a division dedicated to delivering scalable, production-ready additive manufacturing capacity for the U.S. defense industrial base and allied partners.
The new division expands Hadrian’s Opus platform to include 3D printing systems built for qualification, repeatability, and sustained throughput. It is intended to enable defense programs to move from validated designs into reliable, at-scale production. Initial additive manufacturing capacity is expected to come online in 2026 as part of Hadrian’s expanding U.S. factory footprint.
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