新英格兰防务初创公司 Corridian 周二正式走出隐身模式，宣布完成 3800 万美元种子轮融资，旨在研发无人、水下、隐蔽的军事货物跨洋运输方案。
Corridian wants to move military cargo across contested oceans underwater, out of sight and without a crew. The New England defence startup came out of stealth on Tuesday with a $38 million seed round, according to its announcement.
Point72 Ventures 领投，Balerion Space Ventures、Harpoon Ventures、DCVC 和 Marlinspike 跟投。《Axios》周二早些时候率先报道了这笔融资。
Point72 Ventures led the round, with Balerion Space Ventures, Harpoon Ventures, DCVC and Marlinspike taking part. Axios first reported the raise on Tuesday morning.
资金将用于研发 Corridian 的旗舰飞行器、建设研发设施以及招聘工程师。公司计划于 2027 年发布该飞行器。联合创始人兼首席执行官 Mike Guay 告诉《Axios》，公司预计未来一年员工人数将翻倍。
The money will go to developing Corridian’s flagship vehicle, building a research and development facility and hiring engineers. It plans to unveil the vehicle in 2027. Co-founder Mike Guay told Axios the company expects to double its workforce over the next year.
Guay 表示：“美国依赖水面和空中领域大规模运输物资，这是一个严重的弱点。”
“America’s dependence on the surface and air domains to move mass at scale is an acute vulnerability,” said Guay, who is also chief executive.
关于 Corridian 的建设方案 Corridian 称，廉价无人机和远程导弹使舰船和飞机更容易被发现、防御成本更高。公司同时指出，现有的自主水下航行器（AUV）和潜艇限制了海军的水下货运能力，两者均未为大型或高密度载荷而设计。Guay 将解决方案称为“隐身后勤”。
What Corridian is building Corridian says cheap drones and long-range missiles have made ships and aircraft easier to find and costlier to defend. It also says existing AUVs and submarines limit the Navy’s undersea cargo capacity. Neither was designed for large or dense payloads. Guay calls the answer “stealth logistics”.
Corridian 设计的超大型自主水下航行器可装载 ISO 标准集装箱，设计航程可达数千海里，无需船员。其首批任务包括载荷与效能投送、情报监视侦察，以及争夺环境下的后勤保障。
Corridian designs its ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to carry ISO-standard containers. It designs them to travel thousands of nautical miles without a crew. Their first jobs are payload and effects delivery, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and contested logistics.
据《Axios》报道，Guay 未透露更多规格参数，包括飞行器如何发射。
Guay did not share more specifications, including how the vehicle launches, Axios reported.
Guay 告诉《Axios》：“我想说我们的平台可搭载客户选择的任何载荷。它是名副其实的平台。”
“I’d say our platform carries whatever payloads our customers choose. It’s a platform in the truest sense,” Guay told Axios.
公司表示，其供应链独立于建造有人潜艇的船厂和供应商，不与其争夺产能。Guay 告诉《Axios》，Corridian 正采用“更接近航空航天制造的模式”。
The company says its supply chain is separate from the shipyards and suppliers that build crewed submarines. It does not compete with them for capacity. Guay told Axios that Corridian is adopting “more of an aerospace manufacturing model”.
前通用动力团队、海军顾问Guay、Greg Barrow（总裁）、Kyle Arace（首席技术官）和Mark Bodnar（首席运营官）于2025年9月创立了Corridian。公司表示，他们曾共同领导美国最大的水下自主系统项目组合之一。他们早期的项目已在美军和澳大利亚皇家海军服役。
Former General Dynamics team, Navy advisers Guay, Greg Barrow (president), Kyle Arace (chief technology officer) and Mark Bodnar (chief operating officer) founded Corridian in September 2025. Together they led one of the largest undersea autonomy portfolios in the US at General Dynamics. Their earlier programmes entered service with the US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, the company said.
退役海军上将Lisa Franchetti，第33任海军作战部长，担任Corridian的高级军事顾问。
Retired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations, is Corridian’s senior military adviser.
Franchetti表示：“AUV（自主水下航行器）是解决方案的关键部分，但前提是它们能够大规模运作，具备战区实际所需的航程和载荷能力。”
“AUVs are a critical part of the solution, but only if they can operate at scale, with the ranges and payloads the theater actually demands,” said Franchetti.
其顾问委员会还包括Jason Potter，曾任海军部研究、开发和采购助理部长代理。退役海军中将Jeff Trussler、退役海军少将Milton “Jamie” Sands III以及投资人Stephen Rodriguez也在委员会中。
Its advisory board also includes Jason Potter, a former acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition. Retired Vice Admiral Jeff Trussler, retired Rear Admiral Milton “Jamie” Sands III and investor Stephen Rodriguez sit on it too.
DCVC的投资人Rodriguez告诉Axios：“我从一开始就支持他们，因为一旦开战，任何可被观测到的东西都将不复存在。”
“I backed them from the start because when the shooting starts, anything observable is gone,” Rodriguez, an investor with DCVC, told Axios.