Hadrian secures $7.87B valuation with $1.37B raise to supercharge defense manufacturing

Hadrian Automation just closed a $1.37B Series D round, pushing the defense manufacturing startup’s valuation to $7.87B. For a company founded in 2020, that’s the kind of trajectory that makes venture capitalists very happy and competitors very nervous. The round, which closed on August 6, was co-led by WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners, Valor Equity Partners, 137 Ventures, and Baillie Gifford, with JPMorgan also reportedly involved. From $1.6B to $7.87B in months The company’s valuation sat at roughly $1.6B not long ago. Now it’s nearly five times that figure. Earlier speculation in June 2026 pegged the company at a potential $7.5B valuation, but the final number came in even higher. The Series D follows a $260M Series C round completed in July 2025. Total funding now exceeds $1.9B. Hadrian is plowing capital into expanding its physical manufacturing footprint and advancing its Opus AI platform. Opus is the company’s proprietary system that integrates software, automation, and artificial intelligence to run factories with minimal human intervention, producing precision aerospace and defense components at a pace and consistency that traditional machine shops ca...