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title: "Hadrian $7.5bn valuation: physical-AI bet, denied"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/hadrian-7-5bn-valuation-physical-ai-bet-denied-p6wjk14xt
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/hadrian-7-5bn-valuation-physical-ai-funding
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-06-24T14:08:09.863Z
updated: 2026-06-24T14:08:32.354Z
tags: ["venture-capital"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
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# Hadrian $7.5bn valuation: physical-AI bet, denied

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Hadrian Automation, an AI-powered defense factory startup, is reportedly in talks to raise $1bn at a $7.5bn valuation — up from $1.6bn just five months ago — though the company calls the reported figure inaccurate. The story illustrates the investor frenzy around 'physical AI' and US reindustrialisation. Hadrian builds AI-driven factories making aerospace and defense components, backed by a $2.4bn US Navy submarine contract. Its Opus software automates manufacturing and inspection, and its factories run at 65–80% utilisation versus an industry baseline of ~10%. Backers include Founders Fund, a16z, and Altimeter. The piece also notes caution: valuations are running far ahead of revenues, and factory-building is capital-intensive, slow work ill-suited to software-style multiples.

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